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Page last updated
Wed 06 Mar 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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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Platynaias

species Platynaias subviridis (Conrad, 1835): specimens
     13 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridisGraf & Cummings (2007)
Lasmigona subviridisWilliams et al. (2008), Manendo et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Cummings & Graf (2010), ..., FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)

Range: Disjunct distribution in the upper Ohio and Atlantic Slope basins, from the Hudson River south to South Carolina, as well as the Apalachicola River, USA. Introduced to the Great Lakes via the Erie Canal.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map


USA

specimen
USNM_86264

E. Tenn

specimen
USNM_85701

Northern Alabama

specimen
USNM_86131

Richmond, Va.

specimen
USNM_86133

Juniata River, near Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania

specimen
USNM_86139

Neuse R., Raleigh, N. Carolina

specimen
USNM_85240

Abbeville District, SC

Page updated: 16:33:06 Wed 06 Mar 2024

 
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