Bivalvia | Unionida | 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), ... Ma et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
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. (North America: NA2)

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.

Mp_2667_H1549. (COI: EF033260, COII: EF033280, go to GenBank) Sugar River, upstream of state Highway M-30 crossing, Gladwin County, Michigan.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

H3412. (SRA: SRX3664129, go to GenBank)

SAMN07998275. (SRA: SRX3381664, go to GenBank)

SAMN07998281. (SRA: SRX3381654, go to GenBank)

SAMN08481397. (SRA: SRX3664129, go to GenBank)