{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Pleurobema gibberum.jpg | image_caption = A live individual of ''[[Pleurobema gibberum]]'' | taxon = Pleurobema | authority = Rafinesque, 1819 }}
'''''Pleurobema''''' is a [[genus]] of [[freshwater mussel]]s, [[Aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusk]]s in the family [[Unionidae]], the river mussels.
==Species== Species within the genus ''Pleurobema'' include: [[Image:Pleurobema decisum.jpg|right|thumb| A close-up of ''[[Pleurobema decisum]]'']] * ''[[Pleurobema altum]]'' (Highnut) * ''[[Pleurobema avellanum]]'' (Hazel pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema beadleianum]]'' (Mississippi pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema bournianum]]'' (Scioto pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema chattanoogaense]]'' (Painted clubshell) * ''[[Pleurobema clava]]'' (Club naiad) * ''[[Pleurobema collina]]'' (James River spinymussel) * ''[[Pleurobema cordatum]]'' (Ohio pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema curtum]]'' (Black clubshell) * ''[[Pleurobema decisum]]'' (Southern clubshell) * ''[[Pleurobema flavidulum]]'' (Yellow pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema furvum]]'' (Dark pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema georgianum]]'' (Southern pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema gibberum]]'' (Cumberland pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema hagleri]]'' (Brown pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema hanleyianum]]'' (Georgia pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema hartmanianum]]'' (Cherokee pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema johannis]]'' (Alabama pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema marshalli]]'' (Flat pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema nucleopsis]]'' (Longnut) * ''[[Pleurobema oviforme]]'' (Tennessee clubshell) * ''[[Pleurobema perovatum]]'' (Ovate clubshell) * ''[[Pleurobema plenum]]'' (Rough pigtoe pearly mussel) * ''[[Pleurobema pyriforme]]'' (Oval pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema riddellii]]'' (Louisiana pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema rubrum]]'' (Pyramid pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema sintoxia]]'' (Round pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema stabile]]'' (Coosa pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema strodeanum]]'' (Fuzzy pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema taitianum]]'' (Heavy pigtoe) * ''[[Pleurobema troschelianum]]'' (Alabama clubshell) * ''[[Pleurobema verum]]'' (True pigtoe)
==References== {{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Pleurobema| ]] [[Category:Bivalve genera]] [[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
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