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

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Leaunio

species Leaunio vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838): specimens
     4 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Villosa vanuxemensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Haag (2012), Inoue et al. (2013), Jones (2015), Williams et al. (2017), Klymus et al. (2020), Hauck et al. (2023)
Villosa vanuxemensis vanuxemensis — ITIS (2012)
Leaunio vanuxemensis — Watters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_3046. (16S: AY655084, go to Genbank) ditto.

UMMZ_265714. (COI: AF156525, go to Genbank) Big Mocassin Creek, VA.