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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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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Quadrula

species Quadrula verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens
     11 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Tritogonia verrucosa — Tiemann et al. (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Zhou et al. (2007), Watters et al. (2009), ..., FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Quadrula verrucosa — Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Haag (2012), Zieritz et al. (2015), ..., Huang et al. (2019), Jeratthitikul et al. (2022), Neemuchwala et al. (2023), Keogh et al. (2024)
Unio (Theliderma) pustululata — Lopes-Lima et al. (2019)

Range: Widespread in the Interior and Gulf Coastal Plain, eastern North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

USA

specimen
ANSP_20235
Ohio River

specimen
USNM_159501
Hiawassa River, Polk Co., Tenn

specimen
USNM_125669
Neches River, Big Eddy, Texas

specimen
BMNH_1968861
River Ohio

    

Genbank Vouchers

USA

UF_438786 (QverRed015) (COI, ND1, ITS1, 5.8S) USA, Texas, Lamar County, Pine Creek, ~100 m upstream from CR906 (33.854656, -95.341305)

UF_441208 (COI, ITS1, 5.8S) USA:Texas:Brown County:Colorado River downstream of Co. Rd. 229 (31.4831003, -99.0305955)

UAUC_3195 (COI, 16S) Conasauga River, below Mitchell Bridge, Whitfield Co. GA

JBFMC_10005_1 (COI, 16S) USA: Texas, Little Brazos River

FLMNH_439171 (SK19103) (COI, ND1) Sipsey River (33.121505, -87.911094)

FLMNH_438746 (QverCol013) (COI, ND1) Llano River (30.658673, -99.3245)

UAUC_40 (ND1) Elk R., Limestone Co., Alabama

JFBM_23039 (SK19108) (COI) St. Croix River (45.394149, -92.663579)

UAUC_2753 (ND1) Cumberland R., Scott Co., Tennessee

 

UA_1350 (QverOhi048) (COI, ND1, ITS1, 5.8S)

UA_1350 (SRA)

UMMZ_62984 (COI)

Page updated: 11:44:29 Tue 03 Jun 2025
 
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