Its historical range (partly still inhabited) includes Shoal and Center Creek and the Elk, North Fork Spring, and Spring Rivers in Missouri; the Verdigris, Neosho, Spring, Fall, Big Caney, Elk and Cottonwood Rivers and Walnut, Otter, Middle and Shoal Creeks in Kansas; the Verdigris, Neosho, Spring, Big Caney, Elk and Illinois Rivers in Oklahoma; and the northwest portion of the Illinois River in Arkansas. The Illinois River is reportedly the only river in Arkansas in which this mussel lives. However, occurrences within Arkansas have also been reported in the Baron Fork System.