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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 beadleianum (Lea, 1861): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms (4 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pleurobema beadleianum — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), ITIS (2012), ... Morrison et al. (2021), Johnson et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Pleurobema beadleanum [sic] — Burdick & White (2007), Haag (2012)
Pleurobema beadlianum [sic] — Campbell et al. (2008), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Perkins et al. (2017)
Elliptio beadleiana — ITIS (2012)

Range

Western Gulf Coastal Plain, from Mississippi to Texas.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UF_439433 (PbeaPrl035). (COI: OR177673, go to Genbank) LA, Pearl Drainage, USA (30.61114 N 89.85196 W).