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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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

USA

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.