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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 hanleyianum (Lea, 1852): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pleurobema hanleyianum — Graf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ... FMCS (2021), Morrison et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Pleurobema aldrichianum — ITIS (2012)

Range

Alabama River, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_1622. (16S: AY655066, COI: AY613836, ND1: AY613809, go to Genbank) Conasauga River, below Beaverdale crossing (GA 2), Upper Kings Bridge, Murray Co. GA.

UAUC_273. (16S: AY655065, COI: AY655016, ND1: AY655115, go to Genbank) Coosa River, near Leesburg, downstream from mouth of Terrapin creek, Cherokee Co. AL.