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
Male
Female
7. Epioblasma capsaeformis 7a. Epioblasma florentina walkeri
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Male
Female
Male
Female
8. Epioblasma ahlstedti 8a. Epioblasma capsaeformis
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Female
Male
Female
9. Epioblasma florentina walkeri 9a. Epioblasma capsaeformis
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Male
Female
Male
Female
10. Epioblasma florentina aureola 10a. Epioblasma capsaeformis
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Male
Female
Male
Female
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
Female
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
Male
Female
Male Female
Male Female
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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Male
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
