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), ... Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Chen et al. (2025), Hou et al. (2025)
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.

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).

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