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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 | Pleurobemini | Plethobasus

species Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens
     9 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Plethobasus cyphyus — Graf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), ..., Klymus et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Range: Upper Mississippi and Ohio rivers, including the Cumberland Plateau, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
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USA

specimen
UMMZ_80525
Holston River, Tennessee

specimen
USNM_540354
Iowa River, Iowa City, IA

specimen
ANSP_20239
River Ohio

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USA

UAUC_3157 (16S, ND1, ITS1) Clinch River, Frost Ford, RM 181.2, Hancock Co. TN

UAUC_1639 (COI) Clinch River, Brooks Island, RM 184.5, Hancock Co. TN

 

Mp_4136 DNA Swab Pc01 (COI, ND1, ITS1)

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