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Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026

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

species Theliderma sparsa (Lea, 1841): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Theliderma sparsa — Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), Williams et al. (2017), Lopes-Lima et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Neemuchwala et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Quadrula sparsa — Zhou et al. (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ITIS (2012), Szumowski et al. (2012), Haag (2012), Jones (2015), Klymus et al. (2020)

Range

Tennessee River, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Theliderma sparsa

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot USNM_84222
USNM_84222

Holston R., Tenn

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


USA

UAUC_2761. (ND1: AY158784, go to Genbank) Powell R., Hancock Co., Tennessee.

UAUC_1514. (ND1: AY158761, go to Genbank) Powell R., Lee Co., Virginia.