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

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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 lata — Graf & 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

USA

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.