MUSSELp

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Hemistena

species Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens

6 available nominal species synonyms (7 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Hemistena lataGraf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Ohio Basin of eastern North America, including the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Hemistena lata

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot USNM_86271
USNM_86271

Cincinnati, (Ohio R.), Ohio

image of lot ANSP_20227
ANSP_20227

Kentucky River

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Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


USA

UAUC_2797. (16S: AY655046, COI: AY613825, ITS1: DQ383443, ND1: AY158787, go to Genbank) Clinch River, Frost Ford, RM 181.2, Hancock Co., TN.