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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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

species Pleurobema rubellum (Conrad, 1834): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

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 rubellum — Graf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Morrison et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Pleurobema avellanum — Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)
Pleurobema hagleri — Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)

Range

Mobile Basin, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

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.