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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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

species Pleurobema verum (Lea, 1861): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pleurobema verum — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Black Warrior and Cahaba rivers, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, Alabama. (North America: NA4)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Pleurobema verum

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

image of lot USNM_84640
USNM_84640
Cahawba R., Ala
type
Unio instructus Lea, 1861

image of lot USNM_84589
USNM_84589
Cahawba R., Ala
type
Unio verus Lea, 1861

GenBank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced GenBank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

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