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

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Obliquaria

species Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820: specimens
     4 available nominal species synonyms (7 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Obliquaria reflexa — Graf & Cummings (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), Serb & Barnhart (2008), ... Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
Epioblasma phillipsii — Watters et al. (2009)

Range

Widespread in the Interior, Great Lakes and Mobile basins of eastern North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_19. (16S: AF385138, COI: AF385114, ND1: AY158751, go to Genbank) Cahaba R., Bibb Co., Alabama.

UAUC_2508. (16S: AY655055, COI: AY655008, ND1: AY158751, go to Genbank) Coosa River, 2.7 mi downstream of Jordan Dam, Elmore Co. AL.

Mp_2667_H1888. (COI: EF033254, COII: EF033274, go to Genbank) Duck River @ River Mile 179.1, Milltown, Marshall County, Tennessee.

Mp_2667_H1888g. (COI M-type: EF033292, COII M-type: EF033312, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_438940-6910. (28S: MK036103, 5.8S: MK036186, COI: MK044935, ITS1: MK036186, ND1: MK045086, go to Genbank) Neches River, Neches drainage (31.9456, -95.4446).

UF_438246-6265. (28S: MK036102, 5.8S: MK036185, COI: MK044934, ITS1: MK036185, ND1: MK045085, go to Genbank) Ohio River, Ohio drainage (39.0953, -84.5081).

UF_438940. (SRA: SRR8473034, go to Genbank) USA, Texas, Anderson/Cherokee County, Neches River @ CR335 (31.945598, -95.444602).

UF_441254. (COI: OK562084, go to Genbank) USA, Texas, Smith/Wood County, Sabine River, Hwy 14, S of Hawkins, TX, collected from a riffle 200m downstream from bridge crossing (32.5573098, -95.2056386).

JBFMC_10008_4. (16S: PQ238834, go to Genbank) USA: Texas, Sabine River.