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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Sulcularia

species Sulcularia viridis (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens
     15 available nominal species synonyms (19 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) viridis — Graf & Cummings (2007)
Alasmidonta viridis — Tiemann et al. (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Lasmigona holstonia — Williams et al. (2008)
Alasmidonta calceolus — ITIS (2012)
Alasmidonta minor — ITIS (2012)
Pressodonta viridis — FMCS (2025), Sanfilippo et al. (2025)
Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Range

Upper Mississippi, Ohio and Great Lakes basins, USA and Canada.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

Mp_4484_3 (FIS07). (SRA: SRX29650520, go to Genbank) Fish Creek, Lake Erie USA (41.63057 N 84.81979 W).

Mp_4484_4 (FIS08). (SRA: SRX29650531, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4484_5 (FIS09). (SRA: SRX29650561, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4484_6 (FIS10). (SRA: SRX29650572, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4484_7 (FIS11). (SRA: SRX29650536, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4484_1 (FIS04). (SRA: SRX29650508, go to Genbank) Fish Creek, Lake Erie USA (41.64562 N 84.8098 W).

Mp_4484_2 (FIS06). (SRA: SRX29650509, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4484_10 (JOC06). (SRA: SRX29650554, go to Genbank) Jordan Creek, Ohio/Wabash USA (40.3965 N 87.46949 W).

Mp_4484_11 (JOC07). (SRA: SRX29650510, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4484_12 (JOC09). (SRA: SRX29650511, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4484_13 (JOC10). (SRA: SRX29650512, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4484_8 (JOC04). (SRA: SRX29650547, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4484_9 (JOC05). (SRA: SRX29650553, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4484_14 (LGR03). (SRA: SRX29650513, go to Genbank) Looking Glass River, Lake Michigan USA (42.878764 N 84.221813 W).

Mp_4484_15 (LGR24). (SRA: SRX29650514, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4484_16 (LGR77). (SRA: SRX29650515, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4484_17 (LGR80). (SRA: SRX29650516, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4484_33 (NFC01). (SRA: SRX29650534, go to Genbank) North Fork Coal Creek, Ohio/Wabash USA (40.16739 N 86.97934 W).

Mp_4484_34 (NFC03). (SRA: SRX29650535, go to Genbank) ditto.