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Page last updated
Fri 05 May 2023

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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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Truncilla

species Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820: specimens
     13 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Truncilla truncata — Tiemann et al. (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), ..., Klymus et al. (2020), Lor et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Unio elegans var. elagantopsis — Williams et al. (2008)
Truncilla trincata — Soliman et al. (2016)

Range: Widespread in the Interior and Great Lakes basins, as well as the western Gulf Coastal Plain, North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

USA

specimen
USNM_84449
Cincinnati, Ohio

specimen
ANSP_416331
Sangamon River, Lake of the Woods, Mahomet, Champaign Co., Illinois 40.2040° N, 88.3876° W

specimen
ANSP_20217
Falls of Ohio

specimen
UMMZ_209214
Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin

specimen
ANSP_20258
Cumberland River

  

Page updated: 07:27:01 Fri 05 May 2023
 
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