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

species Venustaconcha constricta (Conrad, 1838): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Villosa constricta — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), IUCN (2012), Jones (2015), Williams et al. (2017), Hopper et al. (2023)
Venustaconcha constricta — Watters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), FMCS (2025)

Range

Virginia south to North Carolina, southern Atlantic Slope.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Venustaconcha constricta

MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

image of lot USNM_84836
USNM_84836
Catawba River, N. Carolina

image of lot USNM_84833
USNM_84833
Deep R., N.C.

image of lot ANSP_56465A
ANSP_56465A
North River, Rockbridge Co., Va.

image of lot USNM_84834
USNM_84834
Roanoke R., Raleigh, N.C.

image of lot ANSP_56465
ANSP_56465
Rockbridge Co., Va.

Genbank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.