MUSSELp

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ptychobranchus

species Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Ptychobranchus occidentalisGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), McMurray et al. (2012), Roe (2013), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Ozark Plateau, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Ptychobranchus occidentalis

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot USNM_153436
USNM_153436

Archies Fork Little Red River, Clinton, Ark

image of lot USNM_124615
USNM_124615

Little Red R., near Clinton, Ark.

Genbank Vouchers

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