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Wed 27 Nov 2024

The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Venustaconcha

species Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836): specimens
     5 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Venustaconcha ellipsiformisZanatta & Murphy (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Chapman et al. (2008), ..., Dai et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024)
Actinonaias ellipsiformisITIS (2012)
Venustaconcha pleasiiCampbell & Lydeard (2012)
V. ellipsiformisSheng et al. (2014)
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis ellipsiformisWatters (2018)

Range: Widespread in the Interior and Great Lakes basins, North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map


USA

specimen
USNM_84982

Rock R., Wis

specimen
ANSP_42114

Michigan

specimen
USNM_84971

Potosi, Missouri

Genbank Vouchers

USA

INHS_36120-2 (COI, ND1, 28S, ITS1, 5.8S) Kankakee River, Illinois (Kankakee) drainage (41.333, -88.1866)

UAUC_2596-2598 (COI, 16S) Big Piney River, Texas Co. MO

UAUC_136 (COI, ND1) Meramec River, Fish Trap Rapids, Franklin Co. MO

 

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