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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 Platynaias Walker, 1918: species
     1 available nominal genus synonym (2 total synonyms) | cladomics

Platynaias compressa (Lea, 1829)
syonymy (4 available, 7 total) | specimens (2)
Range: Widespread in the Interior, Nelson, and Great Lakes basins, as well as the northern Atlantic Slope, North America. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, mtGenome, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Lasmigona compressa)
NatureServe: G5 (Lasmigona compressa)
other links: MolluscaBase

Platynaias decorata (Lea, 1852)
syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (3)
Range: Pee Dee and Wateree-Santee basins, southern Atlantic Slope basins, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A1c (Lasmigona decorata)
NatureServe: G1 (Lasmigona decorata)
other links: MolluscaBase

Platynaias subviridis (Conrad, 1835)
syonymy (7 available, 13 total) | specimens (6)
Range: Disjunct distribution in the upper Ohio and Atlantic Slope basins, from the Hudson River south to South Carolina, as well as the Apalachicola River, USA. Introduced to the Great Lakes via the Erie Canal. (North America)
Genbank sequences: COI, ITS1, mtGenome, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Lasmigona subviridis)
NatureServe: G2 (Lasmigona subviridis)
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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