MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Plectomerus dombeyanus specimens

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This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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species Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes in Humboldt & Bonpland, 1827): specimens
9 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Plectomerus dombeyanus — Graf & Cummings (2007), Chapman et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2008), Chapman et al. (2008), ..., Stodola et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025)

Range: Gulf Coastal Plain of eastern North America, from the Mobile Basin west to eastern Texas, and northward in the Interior Basin to Tennessee.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

USA
USNM_84103 Lake St. Joseph, Mis.	USNM_533698 Lake Charles, La	ANSP_128928 Lake Charles, La.

Genbank Vouchers

USA

UF_438973-7009 (COI, ND1, 28S, ITS1, 5.8S) Big Cypress Bayou, Red drainage (32.7399, -94.4417)

UF_438823-018 (COI, ND1, 28S, ITS1, 5.8S) Sabine River, Sabine drainage (30.3598, -93.7513)

UAUC_2536 (COI, 16S, ND1, ITS1) Coosa River, 2.7 mi downstream of Jordan Dam, Elmore Co. AL

JBFMC_12065_2 (16S) USA: Louisiana, Calcasieu River

UAUC_52 (ND1) Black Warrior R., Hale Co., Alabama

UF_438655 (SRA) USA, Alabama, Baldwin County, Tensaw Lake about 3 air miles WNW of Vaughn (31.04855, -87.8947)

JBFMC_12065_1 (16S) USA: Louisiana, Calcasieu River

Mp_2667_H1885 (COI, COII)

Mp_2667_H1885g (COI M-type, COII M-type)

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