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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini

genus Villosa Frierson, 1927: species

1 available nominal genus synonym | cladomics

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Decorative image of a representative of Villosa amygdalum

Villosa amygdalum (Lea, 1843)

syonymy (7 available, 10 total) | specimens (7)

Range: Peninsular Florida. (North America)

Genbank sequences: ND1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Villosa amygdala)
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Villosa delumbis

Villosa delumbis (Conrad, 1834)

syonymy (5 available, 9 total) | specimens (5)

Range: North Carolina south to Georgia, southern Atlantic Slope. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G4
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Villosa vibex

Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834)

syonymy (11 available, 19 total) | specimens (10)

Range: Widespread in Interior (Tennesse River), Gulf Coastal Plain and southern Atlantic Slope, USA including peninsular Florida. (North America)

Genbank sequences: COI, ND1
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Villosa villosa (B.H. Wright, 1898)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1 + 3 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, from the Choctawhatchee to the Suwanee, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COII, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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