MUSSELp

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Mon 1 Dec 2025

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

species Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817): specimens

12 available nominal species synonyms (19 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pyganodon cataractaGraf & Cummings (2007), Cyr et al. (2007), Zanatta et al. (2007), Kneeland & Rhymer (2007), Williams et al. (2008), ... Stewart et al. (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
Pyganodon cataracta marginataWatters et al. (2009)
Anodonta cataractaITIS (2012)
Anodonta cataracta marginataITIS (2012)

Range

New Brunswick, Canada south to the Altamaha River, Georgia, USA; and in the Apalachicola River, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Pyganodon cataracta

MUSSELp Specimen Records


unknown

image of lot MNHN_MPL_0036
MNHN_MPL_0036

[unknown]


USA

image of lot USNM_86600
USNM_86600

Macon (Swift Creek), Georgia

image of lot USNM_86572
USNM_86572

Potomac R., near chain bridge, D.C.

image of lot USNM_86687
USNM_86687

Potomac R., near Mt. Vernon, Va.

image of lot ANSP_126522
ANSP_126522

Stewarts Mill Dam, Union Co., N.C.

image of lot USNM_86593
USNM_86593

Weldon, Roanoke R., N.C.

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


USA

CIIMAR_BIV5834. (16S: MZ519054, 28S: MZ519291, COI: MZ512214, go to Genbank) U.S.A.