MUSSELp

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema

species Pleurobema perovatum (Conrad, 1834): specimens

11 available nominal species synonyms (13 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pleurobema flavidulumGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)
Pleurobema johannisGraf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)
Pleurobema perovatumGraf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ... FMCS (2021), Morrison et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Pleurobema nuxITIS (2012)
Pleurobema similans [sic]ITIS (2012)

Range

Mobile Basin, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. Extinct.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Pleurobema perovatum

MUSSELp Specimen Records


unknown

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ANSP_129864

[no locality available - North America]


USA

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USNM_85316

Alabama R., Ala

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USNM_84830

Alabama R., Tuscaloosa, Ala

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USNM_85319

Big Prairie Cr., Perry Co., Ala

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USNM_84721

Cahawba R., Ala

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USNM_84722

Cahawba R., Ala

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USNM_84840

Cahawba R., Shelby Co., Ala

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USNM_84719

Columbus, Miss.

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USNM_85317

Tombigbee R., Columbus, Miss

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USNM_149649

Tuscaloosa Riv., Ala.

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.