MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Obovaria olivaria specimens

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Page last updated
Thu 05 May 2022

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

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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 Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens
14 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Obovaria olivaria — Graf & Cummings (2007), Chapman et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), ..., Porto-Hannes et al. (2019), Porto-Hannes et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Obovaria (Pseudoon) olivaria — Campbell & Lydeard (2012)
Pseudoon olivarium — Campbell & Lydeard (2012)

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

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

USA
ANSP_20251A River Kentucky	USNM_85745 Kansas	ANSP_56614 Ohio River
unknown
MNHN_MP_3606 Chine [No - North America]

Page updated: 08:19:13 Thu 05 May 2022

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