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Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

genus Platynaias Walker, 1918: species

1 available nominal genus synonym (2 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Decorative image of a representative of Platynaias compressa

Platynaias compressa (Lea, 1829)

syonymy (4 available, 7 total) | specimens (2)

Range: Widespread in the Interior, Nelson, and Great Lakes basins, as well as the northern Atlantic Slope, North America. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, mtGenome, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Lasmigona compressa)
NatureServe: G5 (Lasmigona compressa)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Platynaias decorata

Platynaias decorata (Lea, 1852)

syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (3)

Range: Pee Dee and Wateree-Santee basins, southern Atlantic Slope basins, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A1c (Lasmigona decorata)
NatureServe: G1 (Lasmigona decorata)
other links: MolluscaBase

Platynaias subviridis (Conrad, 1835)

syonymy (7 available, 13 total) | specimens (6)

Range: Disjunct distribution in the upper Ohio and Atlantic Slope basins, from the Hudson River south to South Carolina, as well as the Apalachicola River, USA. Introduced to the Great Lakes via the Erie Canal. (North America)

Genbank sequences: COI, ITS1, mtGenome, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Lasmigona subviridis)
NatureServe: G2 (Lasmigona subviridis)
other links: MolluscaBase

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