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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ptychobranchus

species Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens
     15 available nominal species synonyms (17 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), Serb & Barnhart (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Gasparini et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Range

Widespread in the Ohio, Great Lakes and Ozark basins, North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

LSC_23701-001. (16S, ND1) Elk River, Clendenin, Kanawah Co. WV

UMMZ_265706. (28S, COI) Huron R., Ann Arbor, MI

UF_438231-6226. (28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1) Nolichucky River, Tennessee drainage (36.1451, -83.1526)

UF_438231-6227. (28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1) Nolichucky River, Tennessee drainage (36.1451, -83.1526)

UF_438231-6230. (28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1) Nolichucky River, Tennessee drainage (36.1451, -83.1526)