Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis

species Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820: specimens

11 available nominal species synonyms (20 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Lampsilis cardium — Graf & Cummings (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Watters et al. (2009), Jadhav & Jamkhedkar (2009), Hoeh et al. (2009), ... Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Lampsilis cardium/ovata — Jones (2015)

Range

Widespread in the Interior, Nelson, and Great Lakes basins, North America. Introduced to the Potomac River on the Atlantic Slope. (North America: NA1 NA2 NA3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Lampsilis cardium

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Canada

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USNM_84503
St. Helens Id., Montreal, Canada

unknown

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ANSP_20210
[no locality available - North America]

USA

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USNM_84509
Cincinnati, Ohio

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USNM_84866
Cincinnati, Ohio

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USNM_29958
Devil’s Lake, Lenawee Co., Mich.

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UMMZ_209212
L. Winnebago, nr. Oshkosh, Wis.

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UMMZ_209195
Lake Pepin, Lake City, Minnesota

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UMMZ_304654
Mackinaw River, 1.5 mi SE Colfax, Co. Rd. 3600E Mclean County, Illinois, 40.5543°, -88.57409°

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UA_21020
Mackinaw River, 1.5 mi SE Colfax, Co. Rd. 3600E Mclean County, Illinois, 40.5543°, -88.57409°

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CM_31.6994
Potomac River, Hancock, Washington Co., Maryland

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ANSP_416325
Sangamon River, Lake of the Woods, Mahomet, Champaign Co., Illinois 40.2040° N, 88.3876° W

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ANSP_416325
Sangamon River, Lake of the Woods, Mahomet, Champaign Co., Illinois 40.2040° N, 88.3876° W

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers

USA

UMMZ_265707. (28S: AF305386, COI: AF156518, go to GenBank) Huron River, MI.

INHS_49380. (28S: MK036082, 5.8S: MK036165, COI: MK044914, ITS1: MK036165, ND1: MK045065, go to GenBank) St. Croix River, St. Croix drainage (46.0046, -92.4467).

UMMZ_304654. (16S: KP795057, 28S: KP795020, COI: KP795038, SRA: SRX5278591, go to GenBank) USA: 1.5 mi SE Colfax, Co. Rd. 3600E (40.55434 N 88.57409 W).

ASUMZ_1829_2. (16S: PQ238835, go to GenBank) USA: Arkansas, Frog Bayou.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

299TS. (ND1: MK226723, go to GenBank)

BivAToL-421. (16S: KX713226, 18S: KX713305, 28S: KX713394, COI: KX713472, H3: KX713547, SRA: SRX687767, go to GenBank)

MCZ_DNA100159. (18S: AF120537, 28S: AF120600, COI: AF120653, go to GenBank)

Mp_2718_Lcar1. (ND1: GU085346, go to GenBank)

Mp_2718_wall0608.4. (ND1: HM852939, go to GenBank)

NEFC_B19-224. (mtGenome: OM736867, go to GenBank)

NEFC_B19-225. (mtGenome: OM736868, go to GenBank)

NRI8496.1. (COI: MK672761, go to GenBank)

NRI8556.1a. (COI: MK672762, go to GenBank)

SAMN03009429. (SRA: SRX687767, go to GenBank)

SAMN10774840. (SRA: SRX5278591, go to GenBank)