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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini

genus Uniomerus Conrad, 1853: species

1 available nominal genus synonym (3 total synonyms) | cladomics

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Decorative image of a representative of Uniomerus carolinianus

Uniomerus carolinianus (Bosc, 1801)

syonymy (12 available, 17 total) | specimens (12 + 1 Genbank voucher)

Range: Southern Atlantic Slope, peninsular Florida, and the Ochlockonee Basin, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1, SRA
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Uniomerus caroliniana)
NatureServe: G4
other links: MolluscaBase

Uniomerus columbensis (Lea, 1857)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (1 + 1 Genbank voucher)

Range: Apalachicola River west to the Choctawhatchee, Alabama and Florida, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: SRA
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Uniomerus declivis

Uniomerus declivis (Say, 1831)

syonymy (3 available, 6 total) | specimens (2 + 3 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Gulf Coastal Plain from Alabama west to Texas, including the lower Mississippi. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1, SRA
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Uniomerus tetralasmus

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

syonymy (11 available, 20 total) | specimens (13 + 3 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Widespread in eastern North America, from Lake Erie south to the Gulf of Mexico and west to Colorado. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, mtGenome, ND1, SRA
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Uniomerus hanleyi Good, 1998 (Triassic)

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

Range: Triassic, North America.

other links: MolluscaBase

 
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