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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 | Glebula

species Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Glebula rotundata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
G. rotundata — Marshall et al. (2018)

Range

Eastern Texas to Florida in the Gulf Coastal Plain of North America. Reported from the Ohio River.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UF_440911-055. (28S: MK036078, 5.8S: MK036161, COI: MK044910, ITS1: MK036161, ND1: MK045061, go to Genbank) Amite River, Amite drainage (30.4032, -90.9611).

UAUC_502. (16S: AY655044, ND1: AY613795, go to Genbank) Apalachicola River, Rm 21.8; tip of Brickyard Island, 5 air mi SSW Sumatra, Franklin Co. FL.

UF_440908-083. (28S: MK036079, 5.8S: MK036162, COI: MK044911, ITS1: MK036162, ND1: MK045062, go to Genbank) Langham Creek, Galveston Bay drainage (29.7897, -95.6237).

UF_440921 (GrotOch017). (ND1: PP789131, go to Genbank) USA (30.073511 N 84.6396305 W).

UF_440905. (16S: MK001808, 28S: MK001842, COI: KT285642, ITS1: KT285686, go to Genbank) USA, Texas, Calhoun County, Goff Bayou just S of Green Lake; west of Victoria Barge Canal crossingon Hwy 35 (28.51085, -96.81934).

JBFMC_8129_1. (16S: PQ238823, go to Genbank) USA: Texas, Sabine River.