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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 | Platynaias

species Platynaias subviridis (Conrad, 1835): specimens
     7 available nominal species synonyms (13 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridisGraf & Cummings (2007)
Lasmigona subviridisWilliams et al. (2008), Manendo et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)

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.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


USA

specimen
USNM_85240

Abbeville District, SC

specimen
USNM_86264

E. Tenn

specimen
USNM_86133

Juniata River, near Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania

specimen
USNM_86139

Neuse R., Raleigh, N. Carolina

specimen
USNM_85701

Northern Alabama

specimen
USNM_86131

Richmond, Va.