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Publication Gangloff et al. (2006): summary

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Gangloff, M.M., J.D. Williams & J.W. Feminella. 2006. A new species of freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae), Pleurobema athearni, from the Coosa River Drainage of Alabama, USA. Zootaxa 1118: 43-56. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Pleurobema athearni Gangloff et al., 2006 = Pleurobema athearni

Gangloff et al., 2006. Zootaxa 1118: 46, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_1078388, Alabama, St. Clair County, Big Canoe Creek, ~1 km downstream of St. Clair County Road 36 near mouth of Mukleroy Creek (33°50'13''N, 86°16'55.5''W).

 
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