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Cumberlandian Mussels
               And
     Similar Looking Species
Steven A. Ahlstedt and Gerald R. Dinkins
Overview of Cumberlandian
       Mussel Fauna Region
Two Primary River Systems:   Currently Recognized Species:
Tennessee and Cumberland
                                         42
     Seven States:            Number Presumed Extinct:
      North Carolina                    10
       Tennessee
        Virginia             Number Federal Endangered:
         Georgia                        22
        Alabama
       Mississippi            Number Federal Candidate:
        Kentucky                         2
Similar Species:




                           1a. Actinonaias ligamentina




1. Actinonaias pectorosa
                             1b. Villosa taeniata
Similar Species:




                              2a. Alasmidonta raveneliana




                              2b. Alasmidonta marginata

2. Alasmidonta atropurpurea



                                2c. Strophitus undulatus
Similar Species:




                             3a. Alasmidonta atropurpurea




                             3b. Alasmidonta marginata
3. Alasmidonta raveneliana




                              3c. Strophitus undulatus
Similar Species:




4. Anodontoides denigrata   4a. Anodontoides ferussacianus
Similar Species:




                   5a. Cyprogenia stegaria
5. Dromus dromas
Male                        Similar Species:

                                  None




Female




   6. Epioblasma brevidens
Similar Species:


 Male
                                                              Male




Female                                                      Female




   7. Epioblasma capsaeformis   7a. Epioblasma florentina walkeri
Similar Species:



 Male
                                                        Male




Female
                                                       Female



                              8a. Epioblasma capsaeformis
    8. Epioblasma ahlstedti
Similar Species:



Male
                                                            Male




Female                                                      Female




9. Epioblasma florentina walkeri   9a. Epioblasma capsaeformis
Similar Species:


 Male
                                                               Male




Female
                                                               Female




  10. Epioblasma florentina aureola   10a. Epioblasma capsaeformis
Similar Species:




                     11a. Fusconaia cuneolus




                      11b. Pleuronaia barnesiana
11. Fusconaia cor




                    11c. Pleuronaia dolabelloides
Similar Species:




                             12a. Fusconaia cor




                          12b. Fusconaia subrotunda



12. Fusconaia cuneolus
                          12c. Pleuronaia barnesiana




                         12d. Pleuronaia dolabelloides
Similar Species:




                          13a. Lampsilis teres




13. Lampsilis virescens

                          13b. Lampsilis fasciola
Similar Species:




14. Lasmigona holstonia   14a. Strophitus undulatus
Similar Species:

 Male                          None




Female




     15. Lemiox rimosus
Similar Species:




16. Medionidus conradicus    16a. Villosa iris
Similar Species:
 Male




Female                       17a. Alasmidonta viridis




         17. Pegias fabula
Similar Species:




                            18a. Pleurobema clava




                            18b. Pleuronaia barnesiana
18. Pleurobema oviforme




                          18c. Pleuronaia dolabelloides
Similar Species:




                              19a. Fusconaia cor 19b. Fusconaia cuneolus




19. Pleuronaia barnesiana                19c. Fusconaia subrotunda




                 19d. Pleuronaia dolabelloides   19e. Pleurobema oviforme
Similar Species:



                                  20a. Fusconaia cor




                               20b. Fusconaia cuneolus




20. Pleuronaia dolabelloides    20c. Pleuronaia barnesiana




                                 20d. Pleurobema oviforme
Similar Species:




                          21a. Pleuronaia barnesiana
21. Pleuronaia gibberum
Similar Species:




                               22a. Lasmigona costata
22. Ptychobranchus subtentum
Similar Species:




23. Quadrula cylindrica strigillata   23a. Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica
Similar Species:




24. Quadrula intermedia   24a. Quadrula sparsa
Similar Species:




                      25a. Quadrula intermedia




25. Quadrula sparsa

                      25a. Quadrula metanevra
Similar Species:


 Male



                         Male              Female

                         26a. Toxolasma lividum




Female



                           Male            Female
         26. Toxolasma
                         26b. Villosa vanuxemensis
          cylindrellus
Similar Species:
Male




Female
                                  27a. Villosa iris




       27. Venustaconcha sima
Similar Species:




28. Villosa perpurpurea   28a. Villosa trabalis
Similar Species:




                       29a. Villosa perpurpurea
29. Villosa trabalis
Similar Species:




                       30a. Actinonaias pectorosa




30. Villosa taeniata

                             30b. Villosa iris
Similar Species:
Male




                             Male            Female
Female
                             31a. Toxolasma lividum



  31. Villosa vanuxemensis
Similar Species:




                    32a. Villosa iris
32. Villosa sp.
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

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