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Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026

Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Parvaspina

species Parvaspina collina (Conrad, 1837): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pleurobema collina — Graf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Campbell et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... ITIS (2012), Burlakova et al. (2012), Haag (2012), Jones (2015), Pfeiffer et al. (2016)
Parvaspina collina — Perkins et al. (2017), Williams et al. (2017), Inoue et al. (2018), Inoue et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Range

James and Tar basins, Atlantic Slope, Virginia. (North America: NA3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Parvaspina collina

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot ANSP_41007
ANSP_41007

Rockbridge Co., Va.

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers


USA

UAUC_1074. (16S: AY655061, COI: AY613830, ITS1: DQ383450, ND1: AY613803, go to GenBank) James River, Wards Creek, CR 665 1.5 mi NE Millington, Albemarle Co. VA.

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