MUSSELp

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Sagittunio

species Sagittunio nasutus (Say, 1817): specimens

3 available nominal species synonyms (7 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Ligumia nasutaGraf & Cummings (2007), Manendo et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... Jones (2015), Scott et al. (2016), Williams et al. (2017), Gasparini et al. (2020), Hata et al. (2022)
Sagittunio nasutusWatters (2018), Burlakova et al. (2019), Scott et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Widespread in the eastern Great Lakes and Atlantic Slope south to Virginia, North America. Introduced into the upper Ohio Basin.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Sagittunio nasutus

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot USNM_85978
USNM_85978

Bristol, Pa.

image of lot USNM_85985
USNM_85985

Middletown, Conn.

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


USA

UMMZ_265710. (COI: AF156515, go to Genbank) Douglas Lake, MI.