Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Cambarunio

species Cambarunio iris (Lea, 1829): specimens

15 available nominal species synonyms (24 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Villosa iris — Graf & Cummings (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Jadhav & Jamkhedkar (2009), ... Bolotov et al. (2020), Inoue et al. (2020), Klymus et al. (2020), Gasparini et al. (2020), Jeratthitikul et al. (2022)
Cambarunio iris — Watters (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Leaunio vanuxemensis — Watters (2018)

Range

Widespread in the Interior and Great Lakes basins, Canada and USA. Introduced to the Atlantic Slope in the Susquehanna River.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Cambarunio iris

MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

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USNM_85026
Big Pigeon R., Tenn

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USNM_85034
Bull R., Tenn

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USNM_86035
Cincinnati, Ohio

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USNM_85130
Cumberland R., Tenn

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USNM_85094
E Tennessee

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USNM_85067
French Broad River, E Tenn

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USNM_86047
Holston R., Tenn

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USNM_85266
Holston R., Tenn

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USNM_85070
Holston R., Tenn

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MCZ_161893
Michigan

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USNM_86042
Oak Orchard Cr., N.Y.

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USNM_85128
Tennessee

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ANSP_56456
Tennessee

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USNM_85264
Tennessee

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USNM_85084
Tuscumbia, Alabama

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UMMZ_265713. (28S: DQ191422, COI: AF156524, go to Genbank) Big Mocassin Creek, VA.

UMMZ_265712. (COI: AF156523, go to Genbank) Huron River, MI.