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

species Pleurobema rubellum (Conrad, 1834): specimens

6 available nominal species synonyms (7 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pleurobema avellanum — Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)
Pleurobema furvum — Graf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Campbell et al. (2008), Cummings & Graf (2010), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), ITIS (2012), Burlakova et al. (2012), Perkins et al. (2017), Inoue et al. (2018)
Pleurobema hagleri — Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)
Pleurobema rubellum — Graf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ... Morrison et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Nagel (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Range

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

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Pleurobema rubellum

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

image of lot UMMZ_79653
UMMZ_79653
Cahaba River, Alabama
holotype
Pleurobema avellana Simpson, 1900

image of lot UMMZ_80791
UMMZ_80791
Cahaba River, Alabama
type
Pleurobema fictum Frierson, 1927

image of lot USNM_159508
USNM_159508
Tyner, Ala
paralectotype
Unio hagleri Frierson, 1900

image of lot ANSP_77902
ANSP_77902
North River, nr. Tynes, Ala.
lectotype
Unio hagleri Frierson, 1900

image of lot USNM_84838
USNM_84838
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
type
Unio pulvinulus Lea, 1845

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_679. (16S: AY655069, COI: AY613840, ITS1: DQ383462, ND1: AY613813, go to GenBank) Black Warrior River, Brushy Creek, FA Rd 255, upstream from Capsey Creek, Bankhead NF, Winston Co. AL.

UAUC_678. (COI: AY613833, ITS1: DQ383455, ND1: AY613806, go to GenBank) Black Warrior River, Brushy Creek, FS Rd 255, upstream from Capsey Creek, Bankhead NF, Winston Co. AL.