MUSSELp

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Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Quadrula

species Quadrula couchiana (Lea, 1860): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Amphinaias couchianaGraf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Quadrula couchianaBogan (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Lopes-Lima et al. (2019), ... Czaja et al. (2023), Neemuchwala et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Cummings et al. (2025)

Range

Rio Grande, western Gulf Coastal Plain, south into northern Mexico. Extinct.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Quadrula couchiana

MUSSELp Specimen Records


Mexico

image of lot USNM_MP_0275
USNM_MP_0275

Mexico: Coahuila. Rio Salado de Nadadores, 0.5 mi S Progresso on road to HW 57 [distance from HW 57 is 14.6 mi]

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USNM_85728

Rio Salado, Mexico

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USNM_85728

Rio Salado, Mexico

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USNM_85728

Rio Salado, Mexico

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UF_270394

Salinas River, Mexico


USA

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UF_270044

Texas, USA

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UF_270044

Texas, USA

USNM_709226. United States, New Mexico, Eddy County, Pecos River, below McMillan Reservoir Dam

Genbank Vouchers

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