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species Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817): specimens

12 available nominal species synonyms (19 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pyganodon cataracta — Graf & Cummings (2007), Cyr et al. (2007), Zanatta et al. (2007), Kneeland & Rhymer (2007), Williams et al. (2008), ... Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Pyganodon cataracta marginata — Watters et al. (2009)
Anodonta cataracta — ITIS (2012)
Anodonta cataracta marginata — ITIS (2012)

Range

New Brunswick, Canada south to the Altamaha River, Georgia, USA; and in the Apalachicola River, USA. (North America: NA3 NA4)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Pyganodon cataracta

MUSSELp Specimen Records

unknown

image of lot MNHN_MPL_0036
MNHN_MPL_0036
[unknown]

USA

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USNM_86600
Macon (Swift Creek), Georgia

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USNM_86572
Potomac R., near chain bridge, D.C.

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USNM_86687
Potomac R., near Mt. Vernon, Va.

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ANSP_126522
Stewarts Mill Dam, Union Co., N.C.

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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.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

ANSP_333526. (28S: U82334, go to GenBank)

CBU-062818-1. (ND1, tRNA-Leu, tRNA-Gly: PQ015273, go to GenBank)

CBU-062818-3. (ND1, tRNA-Leu, tRNA-Gly: PQ015271, go to GenBank)

CBU-111319-1. (ND1, tRNA-Leu, tRNA-Gly: PQ015274, go to GenBank)

CBU-111319-2. (ND1, tRNA-Leu, tRNA-Gly: PQ015275, go to GenBank)

CBU-111319-3. (ND1, tRNA-Leu, tRNA-Gly: PQ015270, go to GenBank)

NBM-009664. (ND1, tRNA-Leu, tRNA-Gly: PQ015268, go to GenBank)

NBM-011021. (ND1, tRNA-Leu, tRNA-Gly: PQ015272, go to GenBank)

NBM-011050. (ND1, tRNA-Leu, tRNA-Gly: PQ015269, go to GenBank)