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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini

genus Leaunio Watters, 2018: species

1 available nominal genus synonym | cladomics

Included Species

Leaunio lienosus (Conrad, 1834)

syonymy (23 available, 26 total) | specimens (17 + 2 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Widespread in Interior Basin and eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, including the Suwannee River of Florida, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 5.8S, COI, COII, COII M-type, ITS1, mtGenome, ND1, other, SRA
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Leaunio ortmanni

Leaunio ortmanni (Walker, 1925)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Green River and adjacent tributaries of the Cumberland River, Kentucky, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: COI, ND1
NatureServe: G2
other links: MolluscaBase

Leaunio pataecus Watters, 2018

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Cumberland River, USA. (North America)

NatureServe: GNR
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Leaunio umbrans

Leaunio umbrans (Lea, 1857)

syonymy (6 available, 7 total) | specimens (5)

Range: Coosa River and adjacent tributaries of the Tennesse River, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Leaunio vanuxemensis

Leaunio vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838)

syonymy (4 available, 8 total) | specimens (4 + 2 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1
NatureServe: G4
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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