Pleurobema stabile (Lea, 1861)

Coosa pigtoe

Synonym/s: Pleurobema stabilis (Lea, 1861)

Elevated from synonymy by (Williams et al., 2017).

Last record: 1956 (Williams et al., 2008 fide NatureServe, 2025); 1958 (Campbell et al., 2008:716)

Rediscovered in: 2001 (fresh specimen) (Campbell et al., 2008); 2002 (live specimen) (NatureServe, 2025)

Coosa River, USA (southeastern)

Original scientific description:

Lea, Isaac. (1861). Descriptions of twelve new species of uniones, from Alabama. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 13: 59-60. [2 April 1861]

Other references:

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 (36 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyaa034

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurobema stabile (I. Lea, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857221 on 2025-07-06

NatureServe. (2025). Pleurobema stabile: Coosa Pigtoe. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at: https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed 6 July 2025]

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.