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species Platynaias compressa (Lea, 1829): specimens

4 available nominal species synonyms (7 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Lasmigona (Platynaias) compressa — Graf & Cummings (2007)
Lasmigona compressa — Zanatta et al. (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Chong et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), ... Hopper et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Perkins et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
“Lasmigona compressa” ** — Jadhav & Jamkhedkar (2009), Hoeh et al. (2009), Whelan et al. (2011), Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), ... Wu et al. (2023), Chen et al. (2023), Liu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Platynaias compressa — Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), FMCS (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026), Wu et al. (2026)

Range

Widespread in the Interior, Nelson, and Great Lakes basins, as well as the northern Atlantic Slope, North America. (North America: NA1 NA2 NA3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

GenBank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced GenBank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

BM_13835. (ND1: HM852930, go to GenBank)

BM_17670. (ND1: HM852928, go to GenBank)

BM_18036. (ND1: HM852929, go to GenBank)