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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Leaunio

species Leaunio ortmanni (Walker, 1925): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Villosa ortmanni — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017)
Leaunio ortmanni — Watters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Green River and adjacent tributaries of the Cumberland River, Kentucky, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA