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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Villosa

species Villosa villosa (B.H. Wright, 1898): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Villosa villosa — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Williams et al. (2011), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Patterson et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, from the Choctawhatchee to the Suwanee, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UF_438638-070. (28S: MK036149, 5.8S: MK036230, COI: MK044979, ITS1: MK036230, ND1: MK045131, go to Genbank) Little River, Suwannee drainage (30.8529, -83.3467).

UF_441040-067. (28S: MK036148, 5.8S: MK036229, COI: MK044978, ITS1: MK036229, ND1: MK045130, go to Genbank) Suwannee River, Suwannee drainage (29.9543, -82.93).

UAUC_652. (16S: AF385133, COI: AF385109, ND1: AY094387, go to Genbank) USA, Florida, Dixie County, Suwannee River, original Suwannee R. Campground, Canals across from Flanning Springs on State Rd. 26 (29.28806, -83.16611).