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Thu 17 July 2025

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 | ... | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Lasmigona

species Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (12 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Lasmigona (s.s.) costataGraf & Cummings (2007)
Lasmigona costataZanatta et al. (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hnytka et al. (2022), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)

Range

Widespread in the Interior, Nelson, and Great Lakes basins, as well as the north Atlantic Slope, North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


USA

specimen
CM_61.4720

“Big Bend” (W of waterworks), Presque Isle Bay, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania

specimen
UMMZ_209133

L. Pepin, Wisconsin

specimen
UMMZ_209131

Red Cedar R., Chetek, Wis.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


USA

UMMZ_265696. (28S, COI) Snake River, Mora, MN