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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Venustaconcha

species Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836): specimens
     3 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Zanatta & Murphy (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Chapman et al. (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), ... Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025)
Actinonaias ellipsiformis — ITIS (2012)
Venustaconcha pleasii — Campbell & Lydeard (2012)
V. ellipsiformis — Sheng et al. (2014)
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis ellipsiformis — Watters (2018)

Range

Widespread in the Interior and Great Lakes basins, North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_2596-2598. (16S, COI) Big Piney River, Texas Co. MO

INHS_36120-2. (28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1) Kankakee River, Illinois (Kankakee) drainage (41.333, -88.1866)

UAUC_136. (COI, ND1) Meramec River, Fish Trap Rapids, Franklin Co. MO