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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 | ... | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Quadrulina | Quadrula

species Quadrula nobilis (Conrad, 1854): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Quadrula nobilis — Tiemann et al. (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Szumowski et al. (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Marshall et al. (2018), Neemuchwala et al. (2023), Keogh et al. (2024)
Quadrula quadrula — Haag (2012)
Tritogonia nobilis — Lopes-Lima et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Range

Mobile Basin west to Texas, Gulf Coastal Plain, and in the Interior Basin north to Kentucky, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

U.S.A.

JFBM_22856_4 (SK18141). (COI, ND1) Alabama River (32.392701, -87.004616)

ASUMZ_1460_8 (SK19055). (COI, ND1) Bayou LaGrue (34.09942, -91.16562)

TXA&M_NRI_8619_1 (SK86191). (COI, ND1) Red River (33.87305, -95.5412)

JFBM_22855_2 (SK18113). (COI, ND1) Tennessee River (34.734213, -87.773591)

USA

UAUC_2631. (ND1) Neches R., Tyler Co., Texas

UAUC_145. (16S, COI, ND1) Ohio R., Henderson Co., Kentucky

JFBM_22864_1 (SK18169). (COI, ND1) Osage River (38.231031, -92.558275)

JFBM_22864_10_ (SK18178). (COI, ND1) Osage River (38.231031, -92.558275)

JFBM_22864_9 (SK18177). (COI, ND1) Osage River (38.231031, -92.558275)

UAUC_403. (ND1) Pascagoula R., Jackson Co., Mississippi