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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 truncataTiemann 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. elagantopsisWilliams et al. (2008)
Truncilla trincataSoliman 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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