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Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Venustaconcha

species Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836): specimens

3 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Zanatta & Murphy (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Chapman et al. (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), ... Wu et al. (2024), Ma et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
Actinonaias ellipsiformis — ITIS (2012)
Venustaconcha pleasii — Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Gangloff et al. (2013)
V. ellipsiformis — Sheng et al. (2014)
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis ellipsiformis — Watters (2018)

Range

Widespread in the Interior and Great Lakes basins, North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

U.S.A.

Mp_2667_H1549g. (COI M-type: EF033296, COII M-type: EF033316, go to Genbank) Clinton River, outflow of Dawsons Mill Pond, Beaudette Park, upstream of Orchard Lake Road crossing, Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan.

USA

UAUC_2596-2598. (16S: AY655082, COI: AY655025, go to Genbank) Big Piney River, Texas Co. MO.

INHS_36120-2. (28S: MK036147, 5.8S: MK036228, COI: MK044977, ITS1: MK036228, ND1: MK045129, go to Genbank) Kankakee River, Illinois (Kankakee) drainage (41.333, -88.1866).

UAUC_136. (COI: AY655026, ND1: AY655126, go to Genbank) Meramec River, Fish Trap Rapids, Franklin Co. MO.