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Mon 1 Dec 2025

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

species Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829): specimens

44 available nominal species synonyms (68 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pyganodon grandisGraf & Cummings (2007), Cyr et al. (2007), Zanatta et al. (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Williams et al. (2008), ... Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Cummings et al. (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025)
Pyganodon simpsonaia [sic]Cyr et al. (2007)
Pyganodon grandis grandisWatters et al. (2009)
Anodonta grandis grandisITIS (2012)
Anodonta grandis corpulentaITIS (2012)
Anodonta grandis simpsonianaITIS (2012)
Pyganodon simpsonianaDoucet-Beaupré et al. (2012)
P. grandisSheng et al. (2014), Marshall et al. (2018)
Anodonta grandisKongim et al. (2015), Soliman et al. (2016)

Range

Widespread in interior North America, from the Rio Grande to the Arctic. Invading east into the Atlantic Slope and west into the Pacific.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Pyganodon grandis

MUSSELp Specimen Records


Canada

image of lot USNM_86434
USNM_86434

Fort Rae, Gt. Slave Lake

image of lot USNM_5712
USNM_5712

Great Slave Lake

image of lot USNM_86443
USNM_86443

Mo. of Saskatchewan R., L. Winnipeg

image of lot USNM_86442
USNM_86442

N End of Lake Winnipeg


unknown

image of lot USNM_86677
USNM_86677

[no locality available - North America]


USA

image of lot MCZ_161863
MCZ_161863

[Shears Lake, Kent Co.], Michigan

image of lot USNM_86664
USNM_86664

Bayou Teche, Louisiana

image of lot USNM_86626
USNM_86626

Bear Grass Creek, near Louisville, Ky

image of lot MCZ_161861
MCZ_161861

Camp Lake, Michigan

image of lot USNM_86633
USNM_86633

canal, near Cincinnati, Ohio

image of lot UMMZ_104010
UMMZ_104010

Clear Lake, Ulvers Pt., Deuel Co., South Dakota

image of lot USNM_86468
USNM_86468

Fort Winnebago

image of lot USNM_86706
USNM_86706

Ft. Winnebago

image of lot USNM_86657
USNM_86657

Harpeth R., Tenn

image of lot USNM_86381
USNM_86381

Lake Champlain, Vermont

image of lot USNM_86702
USNM_86702

Lake Concordia, Louisiana

image of lot UAT_2225
UAT_2225

Lake Mary, 10 mi. SE Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona

image of lot USNM_86440
USNM_86440

Lake Pepin, Ohio

image of lot USNM_86690
USNM_86690

Leon Co., Texas

image of lot USNM_87806
USNM_87806

Leon, Texas

image of lot USNM_86615
USNM_86615

Marietta, Ohio

image of lot MCZ_150645
MCZ_150645

Michigan

image of lot USNM_86595
USNM_86595

Mohawk, N.Y.

image of lot USNM_128835
USNM_128835

New Orleans

image of lot SMF_4300
SMF_4300

Ohio, U.S.A.

image of lot USNM_86540
USNM_86540

Poland, Ohio

image of lot USNM_86659
USNM_86659

Port Gibson, Mississippi

image of lot USNM_86666
USNM_86666

Red R., Alexandria, Louisiana

image of lot MCZ_150644
MCZ_150644

Sand Lake, Michigan

image of lot MCZ_150633
MCZ_150633

Shears Lake, Michigan

image of lot MCZ_161867
MCZ_161867

Slawsons Lake, Michigan

image of lot USNM_86680
USNM_86680

Texas

image of lot USNM_86426
USNM_86426

Topeka, Kas.

image of lot USNM_86427
USNM_86427

Uphaupee Cr., ..., Ala.

image of lot TMYERS_003
TMYERS_003

Upper Lake Mary at “The Narrows”, Coconino Co., Arizona

DMNH_149886. Lake Mary, 10 mi. SE Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona

DMNH_75128. Lake Mary, 10 mi. SE Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona

UMMZ_60218. Lake Mary, 9 mi. SE Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona

UF_517091. Lake McMillan Reservoir, N of Carlsbad, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


USA

UMMZ_265697. (28S: AF305384, COI: AF156504, go to Genbank) Huron River, MI.