# Pleurobema

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Genus of bivalves

Pleurobema A live individual of Pleurobema gibberum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Family: Unionidae Tribe: Pleurobemini Genus: Pleurobema Rafinesque, 1819

***Pleurobema*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [freshwater mussels](/source/Freshwater_mussel), [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the family [Unionidae](/source/Unionidae), the river mussels.

## Species

Species within the genus *Pleurobema* include:

 A close-up of *[Pleurobema decisum](/source/Pleurobema_decisum)*

- *[Pleurobema altum](/source/Pleurobema_altum)* (Highnut)

- *[Pleurobema avellanum](/source/Pleurobema_avellanum)* (Hazel pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema beadleianum](/source/Pleurobema_beadleianum)* (Mississippi pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema bournianum](/source/Pleurobema_bournianum)* (Scioto pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema chattanoogaense](/source/Pleurobema_chattanoogaense)* (Painted clubshell)

- *[Pleurobema clava](/source/Pleurobema_clava)* (Club naiad)

- *[Pleurobema collina](/source/Pleurobema_collina)* (James River spinymussel)

- *[Pleurobema cordatum](/source/Pleurobema_cordatum)* (Ohio pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema curtum](/source/Pleurobema_curtum)* (Black clubshell)

- *[Pleurobema decisum](/source/Pleurobema_decisum)* (Southern clubshell)

- *[Pleurobema flavidulum](/source/Pleurobema_flavidulum)* (Yellow pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema furvum](/source/Pleurobema_furvum)* (Dark pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema georgianum](/source/Pleurobema_georgianum)* (Southern pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema gibberum](/source/Pleurobema_gibberum)* (Cumberland pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema hagleri](/source/Pleurobema_hagleri)* (Brown pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema hanleyianum](/source/Pleurobema_hanleyianum)* (Georgia pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema hartmanianum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pleurobema_hartmanianum&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Cherokee pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema johannis](/source/Pleurobema_johannis)* (Alabama pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema marshalli](/source/Pleurobema_marshalli)* (Flat pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema nucleopsis](/source/Pleurobema_nucleopsis)* (Longnut)

- *[Pleurobema oviforme](/source/Pleurobema_oviforme)* (Tennessee clubshell)

- *[Pleurobema perovatum](/source/Pleurobema_perovatum)* (Ovate clubshell)

- *[Pleurobema plenum](/source/Pleurobema_plenum)* (Rough pigtoe pearly mussel)

- *[Pleurobema pyriforme](/source/Pleurobema_pyriforme)* (Oval pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema riddellii](/source/Pleurobema_riddellii)* (Louisiana pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema rubrum](/source/Pleurobema_rubrum)* (Pyramid pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema sintoxia](/source/Pleurobema_sintoxia)* (Round pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema stabile](/source/Pleurobema_stabile)* (Coosa pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema strodeanum](/source/Pleurobema_strodeanum)* (Fuzzy pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema taitianum](/source/Pleurobema_taitianum)* (Heavy pigtoe)

- *[Pleurobema troschelianum](/source/Pleurobema_troschelianum)* (Alabama clubshell)

- *[Pleurobema verum](/source/Pleurobema_verum)* (True pigtoe)

## References

Taxon identifiers Pleurobema Wikidata: Q3012626 BOLD: 5024 CoL: 7PCVT EoL: 51110 GBIF: 2288056 iNaturalist: 91171 IRMNG: 1300107 ITIS: 80086 NatureServe: 2.827823 NCBI: 52378 Paleobiology Database: 366893 WoRMS: 856862

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