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Wed 06 Mar 2024

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!

For each valid genus, the valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini

genus Amblema Rafinesque, 1820: valid species
     4 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Amblema elliottii (Lea, 1856)
1 synonym | 1 specimen
Range: Coosa River, Alabama and Georgia, USA. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G3.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Amblema neislerii (Lea, 1858)
1 synonym | 1 specimen
Range: Apalachicola and Chipola rivers, Florida and Georgia, USA. [North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, ITS1, ND1.
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered.
Nature Serve: G1 Endangered.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
31 synonyms | 14 specimens
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. [East Asia, North America]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII, COII M-type, ITS1, ND1, SRA, mtGenome.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2.

Amblema baueri (Stanton, 1916) (Cretaceous)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Cretaceous, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Amblema cretacollis (Maury, 1902) (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Oligocene, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Amblema goniambonatus (White, 1877) (Cretaceous)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Cretaceous, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Amblema gonionotus (White, 1876) (Cretaceous)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Cretaceous, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Amblema nebrascensis (Meek, 1870) (Cretaceous)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Cretaceous, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Amblema porcata (MacNeil, 1935) (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Miocene, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Amblema reesidei (Stanton, 1916) (Cretaceous)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Cretaceous, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Amblema rugicosta (MacNeil, 1935) (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Miocene, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Amblema trigoniaformis (Maury, 1902) (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Oligocene, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

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