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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 | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema

species Pleurobema georgianum (Lea, 1841): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (7 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pleurobema georgianum — Graf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Pleurobema nucleopsis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)
Pleurobema troschelianum — Graf & Cummings (2007), Campbell et al. (2008), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Inoue et al. (2018), Hauck et al. (2023)
Pleurobema georgianmum [sic] — Haag (2012)
Pleurobema irrasum — ITIS (2012)

Range

Coosa River, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_3193. (16S: AY655063, COI: AY613834, ITS1: DQ383456, ND1: AY613807, go to Genbank) Conasauga River 200m above Jacks river confluence, Murray Co. GA.

UAUC_1623. (16S: AY655062, ITS1: DQ383457, ND1: AY655113, go to Genbank) Conasauga River, Holly Creek, N. Hwy 52 bridge, Murray Co. GA.

UAUC_516. (16S: AY655072, COI: AY613845, ITS1: DQ383464, ND1: AY613819, go to Genbank) Conasauga River, RM 49.05, 0.8 RM upstream of Sumac Ck., E of Sumac, Murray Co. GA.