Ambleminae

{{Short description|Subfamily of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Late Cretaceous|recent}} | image = Endangered freshwater mussels (8003788857).jpg | image_caption = Bottom diagonal row, left to right: ''[[Epioblasma brevidens]]'', ''[[Epioblasma capsaeformis]]'' Middle row: ''[[Fusconaia cor]]'', ''[[Lemiox rimosus]]'', ''[[Quadrula intermedia]]'' Top row: ''[[Quadrula cylindrica]]'' | taxon = Ambleminae | authority = [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]], 1820 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text }}

'''Ambleminae''' is a [[subfamily]] of [[Freshwater bivalve|freshwater mussel]] in the family [[Unionidae]]. They are found throughout much of eastern [[North America]] south to [[Central America]], although fossils are also known from [[Siberia]]. Some species have also been introduced to [[East Asia]]. They are the most speciose radiation of the Unionidae, with more than 300 species.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=MUSSELpdb {{!}} subfamily Ambleminae |url=https://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/fmuotwaolcb/Ambleminae.html |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=mussel-project.uwsp.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Pfeiffer |first1=John M. |last2=Atkinson |first2=Carla L. |last3=Sharpe |first3=Ashley E. |last4=Capps |first4=Krista A. |last5=Emery |first5=Kitty F. |last6=Page |first6=Lawrence M. |date=January 2019 |title=Phylogeny of Mesoamerican freshwater mussels and a revised tribe-level classification of the Ambleminae |journal=Zoologica Scripta |language=en |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=106–117 |doi=10.1111/zsc.12322 |s2cid=91994864 |issn=0300-3256|doi-access=free }}</ref>

Fossils of this group date back to the [[Late Cretaceous]].<ref name=":1" />

== Systematics == The following classification is based on MolluscaBase and the MUSSEL Project database:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Molluscabase - Ambleminae Rafinesque, 1820 |url=https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=856823 |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.molluscabase.org}}</ref>

* '''Tribe Amblemini''' Rafinesque, 1820 ** Genus ''[[Amblema]]'' Rafinesque, 1820 ** Genus ''[[Plectomerus]]'' Conrad, 1853 ** Genus ''[[Reginaia]]'' D. C. Campbell & Lydeard, 2012 * '''Tribe Lampsilini''' Ihering, 1901 ** Genus ''[[Actinonaias]]'' Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 ** Genus ''[[Arotonaias]]'' E. von Martens, 1900 ** Genus ''[[Atlanticoncha]]'' C. H. Smith, J. M. Pfeiffer & N. A. Johnson, 2020 ** Genus ''[[Cambarunio]]'' Watters, 2018 ** Genus ''[[Cyprogenia]]'' Agassiz, 1852 ** Genus ''[[Cyrtonaias]]'' Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 ** Genus ''[[Delphinonaias]]'' Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 ** Genus ''[[Disconaias]]'' Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 ** Genus ''[[Dromus (mollusc)|Dromus]]'' C. T. Simpson, 1900 ** Genus ''[[Ellipsaria]]'' Rafinesque, 1820 ** Genus ''[[Epioblasma]]'' Rafinesque, 1831 ** Genus ''[[Friersonia]]'' Ortmann, 1912 ** Genus ''[[Glebula]]'' Conrad, 1853 ** Genus ''[[Hamiota (bivalve)|Hamiota]]'' Roe & Hartfield, 2005 ** Genus ''[[Lampsilis]]'' Rafinesque, 1820 ** Genus ''[[Leaunio]]'' Watters, 2018 ** Genus ''[[Lemiox]]'' Rafinesque, 1831 ** Genus †''[[Lenelliptio]]'' C. M. Kolesnikov, 1980 ([[Late Cretaceous]] of [[Siberia]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Molluscabase - Lenelliptio C. M. Kolesnikov, 1980† |url=https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1496690 |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=www.molluscabase.org}}</ref> ** Genus ''[[Ligumia]]'' Swainson, 1840 ** Genus ''[[Medionidus]]'' C. T. Simpson, 1900 ** Genus ''[[Obliquaria]]'' Rafinesque, 1820 ** Genus ''[[Obovaria]]'' Rafinesque, 1819 ** Genus ''[[Ortmanniana]]'' Frierson, 1927 ** Genus ''[[Pachynaias]]'' Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 ** Genus ''[[Paetulunio]]'' Watters, 2018 ** Genus ''[[Potamilus]]'' Rafinesque, 1818 ** Genus ''[[Ptychobranchus]]'' C. T. Simpson, 1900 ** Genus ''[[Sagittunio]]'' Watters, 2018 ** Genus ''[[Toxolasma]]'' Rafinesque, 1831 ** Genus ''[[Truncilla]]'' Rafinesque, 1819 ** Genus ''[[Venustaconcha]]'' Frierson, 1927 ** Genus ''[[Villosa]]'' Frierson, 1927 * '''Tribe Pleurobemini''' Hannibal, 1912 ** Genus ''[[Elliptio]]'' Rafinesque, 1819 ** Genus ''[[Elliptoideus]]'' Frierson, 1927 ** Genus ''[[Eurynia]]'' Rafinesque, 1819 ** Genus ''[[Fusconaia]]'' C. T. Simpson, 1900 ** Genus ''[[Hemistena]]'' Rafinesque, 1820 ** Genus ''[[Parvaspina]]'' Perkins, N. A. Johnson & Gangloff, 2017 ** Genus ''[[Plethobasus]]'' C. T. Simpson, 1900 ** Genus ''[[Pleurobema]]'' Rafinesque, 1819 ** Genus ''[[Pleuronaia]]'' Frierson, 1927 * '''Tribe Popenaiadini''' Heard & Guckert, 1970 ** Genus ''[[Barynaias]]'' Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 ** Genus ''[[Martensnaias]]'' Frierson, 1927 ** Genus ''[[Micronaias]]'' C. T. Simpson, 1900 ** Genus ''[[Nephritica]]'' Frierson, 1927 ** Genus ''[[Nephronaias]]'' Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 ** Genus ''[[Popenaias]]'' Frierson, 1927 ** Genus ''[[Psoronaias]]'' Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 ** Genus ''[[Psorula (bivalve)|Psorula]]'' F. Haas, 1930 ** Genus ''[[Reticulatus]]'' Frierson, 1927 ** Genus ''[[Sphenonaias]]'' Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894 * '''Tribe Quadrulini''' Ihering, 1901 ** Genus ''[[Cyclonaias]]'' Pilsbry, 1922 ** Genus †''[[Eonaias]]'' W. B. Marshall, 1929 ([[Pliocene]] of [[Texas]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=MUSSELpdb {{!}} valid gen. Eonaias species |url=https://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/fmuotwaolcb/validgen_861.html |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=mussel-project.uwsp.edu}}</ref> ** Genus ''[[Megalonaias]]'' Utterback, 1915 ** Genus †''[[Proparreysia]]'' Pilsbry, 1921 (Late Cretaceous of [[Colorado]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=MUSSELpdb {{!}} valid gen. Proparreysia species |url=https://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/fmuotwaolcb/validgen_867.html |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=mussel-project.uwsp.edu}}</ref> ** Genus †''[[Protamblema]]'' Modell, 1957 (Late Cretaceous of [[Wyoming]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=MUSSELpdb {{!}} valid gen. Protamblema species |url=https://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/fmuotwaolcb/validgen_863.html |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=mussel-project.uwsp.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Herausgeber |first=Bauer, Gerhard |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1184364647 |title=Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Mussels Unionoida |date=6 December 2012 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-642-56869-5 |oclc=1184364647}}</ref> ** Genus ''[[Quadrula]]'' Rafinesque, 1820 ** Genus ''[[Theliderma]]'' Swainson, 1840 ** Genus ''[[Tritogonia]]'' Agassiz, 1852 ** Genus ''[[Uniomerus]]'' Conrad, 1853

== References == {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Unionidae]] [[Category:Protostome subfamilies]] [[Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque]]