Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema

species Pleurobema perovatum (Conrad, 1834): specimens

11 available nominal species synonyms (13 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pleurobema flavidulum — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)
Pleurobema johannis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)
Pleurobema perovatum — Graf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ... Morrison et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Pleurobema nux — ITIS (2012)
Pleurobema similans [sic] — ITIS (2012)

Range

Mobile Basin, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. Extinct. (North America: NA4)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Pleurobema perovatum

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

USNM_85317
Tombigbee R., Columbus, Miss
type
Unio cinnamomicus Lea, 1861

USNM_85319
Big Prairie Cr., Perry Co., Ala
type
Unio concolor Lea, 1861

USNM_84719
Columbus, Miss.
type
Unio flavidulus Lea, 1861

USNM_84722
Cahawba R., Ala
type
Unio interventus Lea, 1861

USNM_84830
Alabama R., Tuscaloosa, Ala
holotype
Unio johannis Lea, 1859

USNM_85316
Alabama R., Ala
holotype
Unio nux Lea, 1852

USNM_84721
Cahawba R., Ala
type
Unio pallidofulvus Lea, 1861

ANSP_129864
[no locality available - North America]
lectotype
Unio perovatus Conrad, 1834

USNM_149649
Tuscaloosa Riv., Ala.
lectotype
Unio pinkstoni S.H. Wright, 1897

USNM_84840
Cahawba R., Shelby Co., Ala
type
Unio simulans Lea, 1871

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_1640. (COI: AY613838, ND1: AY613811, go to GenBank) Alabam River, Sturdivant Creek, Hwy 10 2.4 mi E Awin, Wilcox Co. AL.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

Mp_3486_WC. (COI: JN180999, go to GenBank)

UAUC_1476. (COI: DQ383433, go to GenBank)