Cumberlandian MusselsAnd

Similar Looking Species

Steven A. Ahlstedt and Gerald R. Dinkins

Two Primary River Systems:Tennessee and Cumberland

Seven States:North Carolina

TennesseeVirginiaGeorgiaAlabama

MississippiKentucky

Overview of Cumberlandian Mussel Fauna Region

Currently Recognized Species:42

Number Federal Candidate:2

Number Federal Endangered:22

Number Presumed Extinct:10

1. Actinonaias pectorosa

1a. Actinonaias ligamentina

1b. Villosa taeniata

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2. Alasmidonta atropurpurea

2a. Alasmidonta raveneliana

2b. Alasmidonta marginata

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2c. Strophitus undulatus

3. Alasmidonta raveneliana

3a. Alasmidonta atropurpurea

3b. Alasmidonta marginata

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3c. Strophitus undulatus

4. Anodontoides denigrata 4a. Anodontoides ferussacianus

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5. Dromus dromas5a. Cyprogenia stegaria

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6. Epioblasma brevidens

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None

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7. Epioblasma capsaeformis 7a. Epioblasma florentina walkeri

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8. Epioblasma ahlstedti 8a. Epioblasma capsaeformis

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9. Epioblasma florentina walkeri 9a. Epioblasma capsaeformis

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10. Epioblasma florentina aureola 10a. Epioblasma capsaeformis

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11. Fusconaia cor

11a. Fusconaia cuneolus

11b. Pleuronaia barnesiana

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11c. Pleuronaia dolabelloides

12. Fusconaia cuneolus

12a. Fusconaia cor

12c. Pleuronaia barnesiana

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12d. Pleuronaia dolabelloides

12b. Fusconaia subrotunda

13. Lampsilis virescens

13a. Lampsilis teres

13b. Lampsilis fasciola

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14. Lasmigona holstonia 14a. Strophitus undulatus

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15. Lemiox rimosus

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NoneMale

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16. Medionidus conradicus 16a. Villosa iris

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17. Pegias fabula

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Male

Female 17a. Alasmidonta viridis

18. Pleurobema oviforme

18a. Pleurobema clava

18b. Pleuronaia barnesiana

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18c. Pleuronaia dolabelloides

19. Pleuronaia barnesiana

19a. Fusconaia cor

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19d. Pleuronaia dolabelloides

19c. Fusconaia subrotunda

19b. Fusconaia cuneolus

19e. Pleurobema oviforme

20. Pleuronaia dolabelloides

20a. Fusconaia cor

20c. Pleuronaia barnesiana

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20d. Pleurobema oviforme

20b. Fusconaia cuneolus

21. Pleuronaia gibberum 21a. Pleuronaia barnesiana

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22. Ptychobranchus subtentum 22a. Lasmigona costata

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23. Quadrula cylindrica strigillata 23a. Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica

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24. Quadrula intermedia 24a. Quadrula sparsa

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25. Quadrula sparsa

25a. Quadrula intermedia

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25a. Quadrula metanevra

26. Toxolasma cylindrellus

26a. Toxolasma lividum

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26b. Villosa vanuxemensis

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27. Venustaconcha sima

27a. Villosa iris

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Female

28. Villosa perpurpurea 28a. Villosa trabalis

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29. Villosa trabalis 29a. Villosa perpurpurea

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30. Villosa taeniata

30a. Actinonaias pectorosa

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30b. Villosa iris

31. Villosa vanuxemensis

31a. Toxolasma lividum

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FemaleMale Female

32. Villosa sp.32a. Villosa iris

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Acknowledgements

• Lindsay M. Kromer – University of Tennessee, Frank H. McClung Museum

• Dr. Jeff Chapman – University of Tennessee, Frank H. McClung Museum

• Dr. Art Bogan – North Carolina Museum of Natural History