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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini genus Amblema Rafinesque, 1820: species
3 available nominal genus synonyms (4 total synonyms) | cladomics  Amblema elliottii (Lea, 1856)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Coosa River, Alabama and Georgia, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Amblema neislerii (Lea, 1858)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Apalachicola and Chipola rivers, Florida and Georgia, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, ITS1, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A1ce
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
syonymy (16 available, 31 total) | specimens (14 + 9 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread in the Interior, Nelson and Great Lakes basins, as well as streams draining to the Gulf of Mexico, USA and Canada. Introduced in China. (North America, East Asia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII, COII M-type, ITS1, mtGenome, ND1, other, SRA
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase
| Amblema baueri (Stanton, 1916) (Cretaceous)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Cretaceous, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase | Amblema cretacollis (Maury, 1902) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Oligocene, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase | Amblema goniambonatus (White, 1877) (Cretaceous)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Cretaceous, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase | Amblema gonionotus (White, 1876) (Cretaceous)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Cretaceous, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase | Amblema nebrascensis (Meek, 1870) (Cretaceous)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Cretaceous, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase | Amblema porcata (MacNeil, 1935) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase | Amblema reesidei (Stanton, 1916) (Cretaceous)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Cretaceous, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase | Amblema rugicosta (MacNeil, 1935) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase | Amblema trigoniaformis (Maury, 1902) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Oligocene, North America.
other links: MolluscaBase |
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