MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Ligodonta
species Ligodonta obscura Perkins, DeVilbiss & Whelan in Perkins et al., 2025: synonymy
1 specimen + 19 GenBank vouchers
Synonymy
Ligodonta obscura Perkins, DeVilbiss & Whelan in Perkins et al., 2025
Perkins, DeVilbiss & Whelan in Perkins et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1248: 253, figs. 3-8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) NCSM_221198, Little River adjacent to NC 134 [North Carolina].
Ligodonta obscura — Perkins et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Ligodonta obscura — Perkins et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
