Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini

genus Amblema Rafinesque, 1820: species

3 available nominal genus synonyms (4 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Amblema elliottii (Lea, 1857)

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1 + 1 GenBank voucher)

Range: Coosa River, Alabama and Georgia, USA. (North America)

GenBank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G3
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Decorative image of a representative of Amblema neislerii

Amblema neislerii (Lea, 1858)

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1 + 1 GenBank voucher)

Range: Apalachicola and Chipola rivers, Florida and Georgia, USA. (North America)

GenBank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, ITS1, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A1ce
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

synonymy (16 available, 31 total) | specimens (14 + 11 GenBank vouchers)

Range: Widespread in the Interior, Nelson and Great Lakes basins, as well as streams draining to the Gulf of Mexico, USA and Canada. Introduced in China. (North America, East Asia)

GenBank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII, COII M-type, ITS1, mtGenome, ND1, other, SRA
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Amblema baueri (Stanton, 1916) (Cretaceous)

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Cretaceous, North America.

other links: MolluscaBase

Amblema cretacollis (Maury, 1902) (Tertiary)

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Oligocene, North America.

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Amblema goniambonatus (White, 1877) (Cretaceous)

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Cretaceous, North America.

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Amblema gonionotus (White, 1876) (Cretaceous)

synonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Cretaceous, North America.

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Amblema nebrascensis (Meek, 1870) (Cretaceous)

synonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Cretaceous, North America.

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Amblema porcata (MacNeil, 1935) (Tertiary)

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Miocene, North America.

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Amblema reesidei (Stanton, 1916) (Cretaceous)

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Cretaceous, North America.

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Amblema rugicosta (MacNeil, 1935) (Tertiary)

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Miocene, North America.

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Amblema trigoniaformis (Maury, 1902) (Tertiary)

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Oligocene, North America.

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