Pleuronaia dolabelloides

Pleuronaia dolabelloides, the slab-sided naiad, slab-sided pearly mussel, or slabside pearlymussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species was formerly classified under the genus Lexingtonia.

Pleuronaia dolabelloides
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleuronaia
Species:
P. dolabelloides
Binomial name
Pleuronaia dolabelloides
(Lea, 1840)
Synonyms[4]
List
  • Lexingtonia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840)
  • Lexingtonia dolabelloides subsp. dolabelloides (Lea, 1840)
  • Lexingtonia dolabelloides subsp. conradi (Vanatta, 1915)
  • Unio maculatus Conrad, 1834
  • Unio dolabelloides Lea, 1840
  • Unio thorntonii Lea, 1857
  • Unio mooresianus Lea, 1857
  • Unio circumactus Lea, 1871
  • Unio recurvatus Lea, 1871
  • Unio subglobatus Lea, 1871
  • Pleurobema conradi Vanatta, 1915
  • Unio tornhatonii subsp. duckensis de Gregorio, 1914

This species is endemic to the Tennessee River system in the United States.[5] It is currently found in Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, but has been extirpated from North Carolina and Kentucky.[6] A Pleuronaia species recorded from Georgia has not been established as representing P. dolabelloides.[7]

References
  1. Bogan, A. & Cummings, K. (2012). "Pleuronaia dolabelloides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T11922A504863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11922A504863.en. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. "Slabside Pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. 78 FR 59269
  4. "Pleuronaia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. Parmalee, Paul W.; Bogan, Arthur E. (1998). The freshwater mussels of Tennessee. University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 1572330139. OCLC 37980671.
  6. NatureServe (3 May 2024). "Pleuronaia dolabelloides". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  7. Slabside Pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides), 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation (PDF) (Report). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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