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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Arcidens

species Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Arcidens (s.s.) confragosusGraf & Cummings (2007)
Arcidens confragosusTiemann et al. (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Arcidens confragosaInoue et al. (2014), FMCS (2025)
A. confragosusMarshall et al. (2018)

Range

Widespread in Interior Basin and from Texas to Alabama in rivers draining to the Gulf of Mexico, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Arcidens confragosus

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot USNM_745596
USNM_745596

Mississippi River, West shore at Red Wing, Minn. [40 mi SE Saint Paul, Minn.; R14W, T113N; Goodhue Co., Minn.]

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


USA

JBFMC_12092_1. (16S: PQ238842, go to Genbank) USA: Louisiana, Bayou Pierre.

JBFMC_9543_1. (16S: PQ238840, COI: OK562095, go to Genbank) USA: Texas, Neches River.

JBFMC_9543_2. (16S: PQ238841, go to Genbank) ditto.