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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 genus Lampsilis Rafinesque, 1820: species
3 available nominal genus synonyms (7 total synonyms) | cladomics Lampsilis abrupta (Say, 1831)
syonymy (4 available, 7 total) | specimens (1 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Large rivers of the Interior Basin, including the Ohio and Cumberland Plateau, North America. (North America)
Genbank sequences: COI, other
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable A2ace
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase | Lampsilis bergmanni Inoue & Randklev in Inoue et al., 2020
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Guadalupe River, Texas, western Gulf Coastal Plain, North America. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1, other
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase |  Lampsilis binominata Simpson, 1900
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Historically endemic to the Chattahoochee and Flint drainages, Alabama and Georgia. Extinct. (North America)
IUCN Red List: Extinct
NatureServe: GX
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis bracteata (Gould, 1855)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (1 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Colorado River, western Gulf Coastal Plain, Texas. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Lower Risk/near threatened
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis brittsi Simpson, 1900
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Ozark Plateau, USA. (North America)
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820
syonymy (11 available, 20 total) | specimens (11 + 3 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread in the Interior, Nelson, and Great Lakes basins, North America. Introduced to the Potomac River on the Atlantic Slope. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, H3, ITS1, mtGenome, ND1, other, SRA
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817)
syonymy (4 available, 8 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Atlantic Slope from Nova Scotia south to Georgia. (North America)
Genbank sequences: COI, mtGenome, ND1
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable A2bc
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis dolabraeformis (Lea, 1838)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (1 + 2 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Endemic to the Altamaha River, Georgia, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable B1+2bcd
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820
syonymy (3 available, 8 total) | specimens (2 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Ohio Basin and south onto the Cumberland Plateau, as well as the Great Lakes, North America. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G4
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis floridensis (Lea, 1852)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1 + 68 Genbank vouchers)
Range: In the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, from the Escambia east into peninsular Florida, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1
NatureServe: G4
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis higginsii (Lea, 1857)
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Upper Mississippi River, lower Ohio and in the Ozarkian Region, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: COI, ND1
IUCN Red List: Endangered A1ce+2ce
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838)
syonymy (2 available, 5 total) | specimens (2 + 9 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Ozark Region and western Gulf Coastal Plain, from Texas east to Mississippi, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII M-type, ITS1, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G4
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)
syonymy (2 available, 4 total) | specimens (1 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA, from the Pearl to the Escambia. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, mtGenome, ND1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)
syonymy (1 available, 6 total) | specimens (1 + 5 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread in the Ohio Basin, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII, COII M-type, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis powellii (Lea, 1852)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Ozark Region, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Endangered A1c
NatureServe: G2
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791)
syonymy (15 available, 21 total) | specimens (9)
Range: Widespread on the Atlantic Slope, North America. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, COI M-type, ND1
IUCN Red List: Lower Risk/near threatened (Lampsilis fullerkati)
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis rafinesqueana Frierson, 1927
syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Ozark Region, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: ND1
IUCN Red List: Endangered A2ac
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis reeveiana (Lea, 1852)
syonymy (2 available, 5 total) | specimens (3)
Range: Ozark Region, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S
NatureServe: G4
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis satura (Lea, 1852)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2 + 3 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Ozark Region and western Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Lower Risk/near threatened
NatureServe: G2
other links: MolluscaBase
| Lampsilis sietmani Keogh & Simons, 2019
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1 + 23 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread in rivers of the Interior Basin and western Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1
NatureServe: GNR
other links: MolluscaBase |  Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823)
syonymy (7 available, 14 total) | specimens (7 + 5 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread in the Interior, Nelson and Great Lakes basins, south into western Gulf Coastal drainages, North America. Introduced to the Atlantic Slope via the Erie canal. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 16S M-type, 18S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, ITS1, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type, ND1, other, SRA
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis splendida (Lea, 1838)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Altamaha River north to the Cooper-Santee, Georgia and South Carolina, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis straminea (Conrad, 1834)
syonymy (7 available, 9 total) | specimens (5 + 5 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread in the rivers of the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA, including the Suwanee. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII, COII M-type, ITS1, ND1, other
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis streckeri Frierson, 1927
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Ozark Region, USA. (North America)
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A1c
NatureServe: G2
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)
syonymy (4 available, 11 total) | specimens (32 + 184 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread in rivers of the Interior Basin and Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII, COII M-type, ITS1, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Tennessee River, Alabama and Tennessee, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A1ce+2ce
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase
| Lampsilis brimhallensis (Stanton, 1916) (Cretaceous)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Cretaceous, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase | Lampsilis chadronensis Cook & Mansfield, 1933 (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Tertiary, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase | Lampsilis dalyi Russell, 1952 (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Eocene, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase | Lampsilis grangeri (Cockerell, 1915) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Eocene, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase | Lampsilis marshalli MacNeil, 1935 (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene, North America. | Lampsilis sandersoni (Warren, 1926) (Cretaceous)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Cretaceous, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase | Lampsilis sandrius (Dall, 1913) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Pliocene, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase | Lampsilis toxonotus (White, 1886) (Jurassic)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Jurassic, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase |
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