MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Platynaias subviridis 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 Platynaias subviridis (Conrad, 1835): specimens
13 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis — Graf & Cummings (2007)
Lasmigona subviridis — Williams 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
USNM_86264 E. Tenn	USNM_85701 Northern Alabama	USNM_86131 Richmond, Va.
USNM_86133 Juniata River, near Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania	USNM_86139 Neuse R., Raleigh, N. Carolina	USNM_85240 Abbeville District, SC

Page updated: 07:54:29 Tue 01 Jul 2025

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