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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Quadrula

species Quadrula verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens
     8 available nominal species synonyms (11 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Tritogonia verrucosa — Graf & Cummings (2007), Zhou et al. (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Watters et al. (2009), Jadhav & Jamkhedkar (2009), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Porto-Hannes et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Quadrula verrucosa — Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Haag (2012), Zieritz et al. (2015), Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), ... Huang et al. (2019), Jeratthitikul et al. (2022), Neemuchwala et al. (2023), Keogh et al. (2024), FMCS (2025)

Range

Widespread in the Interior and Gulf Coastal Plain, eastern North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_3195. (16S: AY655079, COI: AY655024, go to Genbank) Conasauga River, below Mitchell Bridge, Whitfield Co. GA.

UAUC_2753. (ND1: AY158807, go to Genbank) Cumberland R., Scott Co., Tennessee.

UAUC_40. (ND1: AY158791, go to Genbank) Elk R., Limestone Co., Alabama.

FLMNH_438746 (QverCol013). (COI: PQ038621, ND1: PQ057614, go to Genbank) Llano River (30.658673, -99.3245).

FLMNH_439171 (SK19103). (COI: PQ038679, ND1: PQ057656, go to Genbank) Sipsey River (33.121505, -87.911094).

JFBM_23039 (SK19108). (COI: PQ038681, go to Genbank) St. Croix River (45.394149, -92.663579).

UF_438786 (QverRed015). (5.8S: MH362579, COI: MH633639, ITS1: MH362579, ND1: MH633591, go to Genbank) USA, Texas, Lamar County, Pine Creek, ~100 m upstream from CR906 (33.854656, -95.341305).

JBFMC_10005_1. (16S: PQ238831, COI: OK562099, go to Genbank) USA: Texas, Little Brazos River.

UF_441208. (5.8S: KT285701, COI: KT285657, ITS1: KT285701, go to Genbank) USA:Texas:Brown County:Colorado River downstream of Co. Rd. 229 (31.4831003, -99.0305955).