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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis

species Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820: specimens

11 available nominal species synonyms (20 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Lampsilis cardiumGraf & 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/ovataJones (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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UA_21020

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

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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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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.