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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 | Anodontina | Brachyanodon

species Brachyanodon nuttalliana (Lea, 1838): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (11 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta nuttalliana — Graf & Cummings (2007), Chong et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), ... Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Wu et al. (2026)
Anodonta wahlamatensis — Cyr et al. (2007), Preece et al. (2020), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024)
Brachyanodon nuttallianus — Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Range

Washington south through California, east to Utah, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Laos

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

Mp_2741_166Kalama. (COI: DQ272367, go to Genbank) Kalama, Washington, Columbia River Drainage.

Mp_2741_167Kalama. (COI: DQ272365, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_2741_170Kalama. (COI: DQ272368, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_2741_171Kalama. (COI: DQ272366, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_2741_174Kalama. (COI: DQ272369, go to Genbank) ditto.