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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 | Lemiox

species Lemiox rimosus (Rafinesque, 1831): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Lemiox rimosus — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Endemic to the Tennessee River System, above Muscle Shoals, eastern North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

Mp_2667_H1822g. (COI M-type: EF033302, COII M-type: EF033322, go to Genbank) Duck River @ River Mile 179.1, Milltown, Marshall County, Tennessee.

Mp_2667_H1823. (COI: EF033256, COII: EF033276, go to Genbank) ditto.

UAUC_1528. (COI: AY655002, ND1: AY655104, go to Genbank) Duck River at Lillard Mill Dam, Marshall Co. TN.

Mp_3951_Lrim1. (28S: MK036089, 5.8S: MK036172, COI: MK044921, ITS1: MK036172, ND1: MK045072, go to Genbank) Duck River, Duck drainage (35.5859, -86.7874).

Mp_3951_Lrim2. (28S: MK036090, 5.8S: MK036173, COI: MK044922, ITS1: MK036173, ND1: MK045073, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_2660_Lrim. (16S: AY655049, go to Genbank) Duck River, TN.