Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema

species Pleurobema taitianum (Lea, 1834): specimens

3 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pleurobema taitianum — Graf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ... Morrison et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Obovaria olivaria — Watters et al. (2009)
Pleurobema tombigbeanum — ITIS (2012)

Range

Mobile Basin, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. (North America: NA4)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Pleurobema taitianum

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

image of lot ANSP_145246
ANSP_145246
Selma, Ala.
cotype
Pleurobema aldrichi Frierson, 1927

image of lot USNM_84653
USNM_84653
Claiborne, Alabama R., Ala.
type
Unio taitianus Lea, 1834

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_885. (16S: AY655071, COI: AY613844, ND1: AY613818, go to GenBank) Alabama River, Selma just below AL Hwy 80 bypass, E bank, Dallas Co. AL.