MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Pyganodon cataracta specimens

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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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species Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817): specimens
19 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Pyganodon cataracta — Zanatta et al. (2007), Kneeland & Rhymer (2007), Cyr et al. (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), ..., Lopes-Lima et al. (2021), Bieler (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)
Pyganodon cataracta marginata — Watters et al. (2009)
Anodonta cataracta — ITIS (2012)
Anodonta cataracta marginata — ITIS (2012)
Anodonta digonata — Campbell & Lydeard (2012)

Range: New Brunswick, Canada south to the Altamaha River, Georgia, USA; and in the Apalachicola River, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

USA
USNM_86687 Potomac R., near Mt. Vernon, Va.	ANSP_126522 Stewarts Mill Dam, Union Co., N.C.	USNM_86572 Potomac R., near chain bridge, D.C.
USNM_86593 Weldon, Roanoke R., N.C.	USNM_86600 Macon (Swift Creek), Georgia
unknown
MNHN_MPL_0036 [unknown]

Genbank Vouchers

USA

CIIMAR_BIV5834 (COI, 16S, 28S) U.S.A.

ANSP_341937 (28S)

ANSP_334429 (28S)

ANSP_333526 (28S)

Page updated: 08:51:25 Wed 06 Nov 2024

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