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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Obovaria

species Obovaria unicolor (Lea, 1845): specimens
     4 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Obovaria unicolor — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Mississippi and Alabama, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

MMNS_7600 (Ou01_Tombigbee). (COI: KF035269, ND1: KF035411, go to Genbank) East Fork of the Tombigbee River, Itawamba Co., MS (34.1020, -88.4168).

ASUMZ_4890 (Ou02_Sipsey). (COI: KF035270, go to Genbank) Sipsey River, Pickens/Greene Co., AL (33.1217, -87.9114).

ASUMZ_4891 (Ou03_Sipsey). (COI: KF035271, ND1: KF035412, go to Genbank) ditto.

ASUMZ_4892 (Ou04_Sipsey). (COI: KF035272, ND1: KF035413, go to Genbank) ditto.

ASUMZ_4893 (Ou05_Sipsey). (COI: KF035273, ND1: KF035414, go to Genbank) ditto.

ASUMZ_4894 (Ou06_Sipsey). (COI: KF035274, ND1: KF035415, go to Genbank) ditto.

ASUMZ_4895 (Ou07_Sipsey). (COI: KF035275, ND1: KF035416, go to Genbank) ditto.

ASUMZ_4896 (Ou08_Sipsey). (COI: KF035276, ND1: KF035417, go to Genbank) ditto.

ASUMZ_4897 (Ou09_Sipsey). (COI: KF035277, ND1: KF035418, go to Genbank) ditto.

ASUMZ_4898 (Ou10_Sipsey). (COI: KF035278, ND1: KF035419, go to Genbank) ditto.

UAUC_51. (16S: AF232786, COI: AF232811, go to Genbank) Sipsey River, Tombigbee Drainage. Alabama.

MMNS_7415 (Ou11_Sucarnoochee). (COI: KF035279, go to Genbank) Sucarnoochee River, Kemper Co., MS (32.7828, -88.6024).