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Wed 1 October 2025

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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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

species Utterbackiana implicata (Say, 1829): specimens
     4 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pyganodon implicataGraf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), Jones (2015)
Anodonta implicataZanatta et al. (2007), Kneeland & Rhymer (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Whelan et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Anodonta implicate [sic]Soliman et al. (2016)
Utterbackiana implicataWilliams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

From New Brunswick, Candada south to Maryland, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


USA

specimen
MCZ_176769

Agawam River, (outlet of Halfway Pond), Plymouth, Mass.

specimen
USNM_678302

Housatonica R., Fairfield Co., Connecticut

specimen
USNM_86561

Schuylkill, near Phila. Pa.