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Page last updated
Sun 01 Oct 2023

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!

This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema

species Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857): specimens
     10 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Pleurobema pyriformeGraf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Anonymous (2008), Williams et al. (2008), ..., Perkins et al. (2017), Inoue et al. (2018), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Pleurobema perovatumWilliams et al. (2008), IUCN (2012)

Range: From the Apalachicola River in Alabama and Georgia to peninsular Florida, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map


USA

specimen
USNM_84715

Flint R., near Macon, Ga

specimen
USNM_159197

[Spring Cr., Decatur Co.]. Ga

specimen
USNM_151029

Ocklockonee Riv., Leon Co., Fla.

specimen
USNM_85142

Cahawba R., Shelby Co., Ala

specimen
USNM_84781

near Columbus, Ga

specimen
USNM_84573

Butler, Taylor Co., Ga

specimen
USNM_84787

Chattahoochee R., 10 mi above Columbus, Ga

specimen
USNM_84797

Columbus, Ga

 

Genbank Vouchers

Publ_2660_A29 (COI, ND1).

UF_441228 (COI, ITS1).

NCSM_29454 (COI).

Page updated: 11:36:21 Sun 01 Oct 2023

 
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