MUSSELp

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema

species Pleurobema taitianum (Lea, 1834): specimens

3 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pleurobema taitianumGraf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ... FMCS (2021), Morrison et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Obovaria olivariaWatters et al. (2009)
Pleurobema tombigbeanumITIS (2012)

Range

Mobile Basin, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Pleurobema taitianum

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot USNM_84653
USNM_84653

Claiborne, Alabama R., Ala.

image of lot ANSP_145246
ANSP_145246

Selma, Ala.

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.