Pleurobema rubellum (Conrad, 1834)

Warrior pigtoe

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Rediscovered (Campbell et al., 2008; Bogan & Cordeiro, 2012)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endagered

Distribution

USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus Anculotus of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9.

Other references:

Bogan, Arthur E. and Cordeiro, J. (2012). Pleurobema rubellum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T17692A1453947. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T17692A1453947.en. Accessed on 06 July 2025.

Campbell, D. C., Johnson, P. D., Williams, J. D., Rindsberg, A. K., Serb, J. M., Small, K. K. and Lydeard, C. (2008). Identification of 'extinct' freshwater mussel species using DNA barcoding. Mol Ecol Resour. 8(4): 711-724.

Graf, Daniel L. and Cummings, Kevin S. (2021). A ‘big data’ approach to global freshwater mussel diversity (Bivalvia: Unionoida), with an updated checklist of genera and species. Journal of Molluscan Studies 87(1): eyaa034.

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurobema rubellum (Conrad, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857370 on 2025-07-06

Williams, James D., Bogan, Arthur E., Butler, Robert S., Cummings, Kevin S., Garner, Jeffrey T., Harris, John L., Johnson, Nathan A. and Watters, G. Thomas. (2017). A revised list of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) of the United States and Canada. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 20: 33-58.

Williams, James D., Bogan, Arthur E. and Garner, Jeffrey T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. xv + 908 pp.

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