MUSSELp

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Medionidus

species Medionidus penicillatus (Lea, 1857): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Medionidus penicillatusGraf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Anonymous (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Apalachicola and adjacent rivers, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Medionidus penicillatus

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot USNM_159965
USNM_159965

Flint R., Baker Co., Ga

image of lot USNM_84142
USNM_84142

Flint River, near Albany, Georgia

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Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


USA

UF_441061 (NAJ1959). (COI: OQ954343, go to Genbank) USA (30.86105 N 85.2656 W).