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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 | ... | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Platynaias

species Platynaias compressa (Lea, 1829): specimens
     4 available nominal species synonyms (7 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Lasmigona (Platynaias) compressa — Graf & Cummings (2007)
Lasmigona compressa — Zanatta et al. (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Chong et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Jadhav & Jamkhedkar (2009), ... Chen et al. (2023), Liu et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025)
Platynaias compressa — Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024)

Range

Widespread in the Interior, Nelson, and Great Lakes basins, as well as the northern Atlantic Slope, North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

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