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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Margaritifera

species Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Margaritifera hembeli — Graf & Cummings (2007), Araujo et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2012), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Chen et al. (2025)

Range

Louisiana, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UF_521837. (SRA: SRR8473036, go to Genbank) USA, Cultured at Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center.