MUSSELp

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Cambarunio

species Cambarunio simus (Lea, 1838): specimens

4 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Villosa irisWilliams et al. (2008)
Villosa simaWilliams et al. (2017)
Cambarunio simusWatters (2018), Burlakova et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Cambarunio simus

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot USNM_85075
USNM_85075

Cumberland R., Tenn

image of lot USNM_85342
USNM_85342

Cumberland R., Tenn

image of lot USNM_85254
USNM_85254

Tenn.

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


U.S.A.

UAUC_3213. (5.8S: MH167925, ITS1: MH167925, go to Genbank) Witty Creek, Bridge off Herman Lange Rd., Warren Co., Tennessee.


USA

UAUC_260. (16S: AY655083, COI: MH161352, go to Genbank) Collins River, Highway 56 bridge near Beersheba Springs, Grundy Co. TN.