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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!

Bivalvia | Unionoida | 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

USA

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.