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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 | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina

genus Utterbackia F.C. Baker, 1927: species
     1 available nominal genus synonym (2 total synonyms) | cladomics

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)
syonymy (6 available, 11 total) | specimens (47 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Widespread in the Interior, Great Lakes, Gulf Coastal, and Atlantic slope basins, North America. Introduced to peninsular Florida. Mexico? (North America, Central America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, mtGenome, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Utterbackia peggyae (R.I. Johnson, 1965)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (1 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, from the Escambia to the St. Marks, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1, other
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase

Utterbackia peninsularis Bogan & Hoeh, 1995
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Suwannee River and peninsular Florida, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: COI, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type, ND1, other, SRA
NatureServe: G2
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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