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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 | Venustaconcha

species Venustaconcha trabalis (Conrad, 1834): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms (6 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Villosa trabalis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Jones (2015), Lane et al. (2016), Klymus et al. (2020)
Villosa perpurpurea — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Lane et al. (2016), Klymus et al. (2020)
Venustaconcha trabalis — Williams et al. (2017), Watters (2018), Lane et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Range

Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA