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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 athearni Gangloff, Williams & Feminella, 2006: specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pleurobema athearni — Graf & Cummings (2007), Campbell et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... Inoue et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Endemic to Canoe Creek in the Coosa Basin, Alabama.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_3084. (COI: AY655015, ITS1: DQ383446, ND1: AY655114, go to Genbank) Coosa River, Big Canoe Creek between CR 36 & Rt 231, St. Clair Co. AL.