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Pyganodon grandis  (Say, 1829)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 568179

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Anodonta grandis Say, 1829
  
    Anodonta grandis grandis Say, 1829
  
    Anodonta grandis simpsoniana Lea, 1861
  
    Anodonta grandis corpulenta Cooper, 1834
  
    Anodonta lugubris Say, 1829
  
    Anodonta inflata Rafinesque, 1831
  
    Anodonta stewartiana Lea, 1834
  
    Symphynota benedictensis Lea, 1834
  
    Anodonta corpulenta Cooper, 1834
  
    Anodonta plana Lea, 1834
  
    Anodonta declivis Conrad, 1834
  
    Anodonta gigantea Lea, 1838
  
    Anodonta ovata Lea, 1838
  
    Anodonta salmonia Lea, 1838
  
    Anodonta decora Lea, 1838
  
    Anodonta pepinianus Lea, 1838
  
    Anodonta harpethensis Lea, 1840
  
    Anodonta footiana Lea, 1840
  
    Anodonta maryattana Lea, 1840
  
    Anodonta globosa Lea, 1841
  
    Anodonta virens Lea, 1852
  
    Anodonta linnaeana Lea, 1852
  
    Anodonta opaca Lea, 1852
  
    Anodonta lewisii Lea, 1857
  
    Anodonta danielsii Lea, 1858
  
    Anodonta gesnerii Lea, 1858
  
    Anodonta texasensis Lea, 1859
  
    Anodonta kennicottii Lea, 1861
  
    Anodonta simpsoniana Lea, 1861
  
    Anodonta leonensis Lea, 1862
  
    Anodonta dallasiana Lea, 1863
  
    Anodonta bealei Lea, 1863
  
    Anodon subangulata J. G. Anthony, 1865
  
    Anodon subinflata J. G. Anthony, 1865
  
    Anodon imbricata J. G. Anthony, 1865
  
    Anodon micans J. G. Anthony, 1865
  
    Anodon opalina J. G. Anthony, 1865
  
    Anodon mcnielii J. G. Anthony, 1866
  
    Anodon subgibbosa J. G. Anthony, 1866
  
    Anodon inornata J. G. Anthony, 1866
  
    Anodon nopalatensis Sowerby, 1867
  
    Margaron benedictii Lea, 1870
  
    Anodonta somersii Call, 1880
  
    Anodonta houghtonensis Currier in DeCamp, 1881
  
    Anodonta grijalvae Morelet, 1884
  
    Anodonta tabascensis Morelet, 1884
  
    Anodonta dakota Frierson, 1910
  
    Anodonta dakotana Utterback, 1915
  
    Anodonta inflata viridis Rafinesque, 1831
  
    Anodonta inflata fuscata Rafinesque, 1831
  
    Anodonta inflata zonalis Rafinesque, 1831
  
  Common Name(s): giant floater [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassHeteroconchia   
                         OrderUnionida   
                            SuperfamilyUnionoidea Rafinesque, 1820  
                               FamilyUnionidae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                  SubfamilyUnioninae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                     TribeAnodontini Rafinesque, 1820  
                                        GenusPyganodon Crosse & Fischer, 1894  
                                           SpeciesPyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) – giant floater  
       

 References
       
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  Source: FMCS checklist of freshwater mussels (2021), PDF (version 09Aug2021)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (FMCS). Updated 09/08/2021. The 2021 checklist of freshwater bivalves (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) of the United States and Canada. Considered and approved by the Bivalve Names Subcommittee December 2020   
  Reference for: Pyganodon grandis, giant floater [English]   
       
  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site, website (version 08Aug2013)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2013. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), updated 8 August 2013. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Pyganodon grandis   
       
  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site (2023), website (version 15Nov2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Graf, D. L. & K. S. Cummings. 2023. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), accessed 15 Nov 2023. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Pyganodon grandis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 73, part 4   
  Page(s): 291-314   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0260-1230   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/mollus/eym029   
  Reference for: Pyganodon grandis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Parmalee, Paul W. and Arthur E. Bogan  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee   
  Page(s): xii + 328   
  Publisher: The University of Tennessee Press   
  Publication Place: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-57233-013-9   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pyganodon grandis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Pyganodon grandis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, James D., Arthur E. Bogan, and Jeffrey T. Garner  
  Publication Date: 2008   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Freshwater Mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee   
  Page(s): xv + 908   
  Publisher: The University of Alabama Press   
  Publication Place: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8173-1613-2   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/mollus/eym029   
  Reference for: Pyganodon grandis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Widespread in the Central North America, from Mexico to the Arctic  
 

 

    

 
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