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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 | Lampsilini genus Obovaria Rafinesque, 1819: species
5 available nominal genus synonyms | cladomics  Obovaria arkansasensis (Lea, 1862)
syonymy (3 available, 4 total) | specimens (3 + 100 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Alabama west to Texas in the Gulf Coastal Plain, and the Ozark Plateau, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable B2ab(i,iii,iv) (Obovaria jacksoniana)
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase
| Obovaria choctawensis (Athearn, 1964)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Escambia, Yellow, Choctawhatchee basins, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, Alabama and Florida. (North America)
Genbank sequences: COI, ND1
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
NatureServe: G2
other links: MolluscaBase | Obovaria haddletoni (Athearn, 1964)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Endemic to the Choctawhatchee River, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, Alabama. (North America)
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A2ac
NatureServe: GX
other links: MolluscaBase |  Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)
syonymy (5 available, 14 total) | specimens (4 + 19 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread in the Interior and Great Lakes basins, North America. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, COI M-type, COII, COII M-type, ND1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G4
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)
syonymy (5 available, 8 total) | specimens (3 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: COI, ND1
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A1ce+2ce
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820)
syonymy (15 available, 22 total) | specimens (8 + 30 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee rivers as well as the central Great Lakes, Canada and USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Endangered A4ce
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Obovaria unicolor (Lea, 1845)
syonymy (4 available, 4 total) | specimens (3 + 12 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Mississippi and Alabama, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Lower Risk/near threatened
NatureServe: G2
other links: MolluscaBase
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