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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 | Lampsilis

species Lampsilis straminea (Conrad, 1834): specimens
     7 available nominal species synonyms (9 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Lampsilis straminea — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ... FMCS (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Lampsilis straminea straminea — ITIS (2012)
Lampsilis straminea claibornensis — ITIS (2012)
Lampsilis perpasta — ITIS (2012)

Range

Widespread in the rivers of the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA, including the Suwanee.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

JFBM_22423. (5.8S: MK391919, COI: MK391880, ITS1: MK391919, go to Genbank) Bogue Chitto Creek (Mobile Basin) (32.30629, -87.28015).

Mp_2667_H1369. (COI: EF033271, COII: EF033289, go to Genbank) Brush Creek (Tombigbee River tributary) @ State Highway 14 crossing, Greene County, Alabama.

Mp_2667_H1369g. (COI M-type: EF033297, COII M-type: EF033317, go to Genbank) ditto.

JFBM_22424. (COI: MK391881, go to Genbank) Gantt Reservoir (Escambia) (31.42638, -86.45871).

JFBM_22426. (COI: MK391882, go to Genbank) Sipsey River (Mobile Basin) (33.0782, -87.97529).

UAUC_3543. (28S: KY207337, 5.8S: KY207337, COI: MH161355, ITS1: KY207337, go to Genbank) USA, Alabama, Greene County, Sipsey River, Benevola Island (33.1075, -87.94639).

UAUC_694. (ND1: DQ445163, go to Genbank) USA, Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Black Warrior River, 6 mi N Foster boat ramp off Hwy 11 (33.12, -87.67).