Ambleminae

Ambleminae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–recent
Bottom diagonal row, left to right: Epioblasma brevidens, Epioblasma capsaeformis
Middle row: Fusconaia cor, Lemiox rimosus, Quadrula intermedia
Top row: Quadrula cylindrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Subfamily: Ambleminae
Rafinesque, 1820
Genera

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Ambleminae is a subfamily of 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.[1][2]

Fossils of this group date back to the Late Cretaceous.[3]

  1. ^ "MUSSELpdb | subfamily Ambleminae". mussel-project.uwsp.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  2. ^ Pfeiffer, John M.; Atkinson, Carla L.; Sharpe, Ashley E.; Capps, Krista A.; Emery, Kitty F.; Page, Lawrence M. (January 2019). "Phylogeny of Mesoamerican freshwater mussels and a revised tribe-level classification of the Ambleminae". Zoologica Scripta. 48 (1): 106–117. doi:10.1111/zsc.12322. ISSN 0300-3256. S2CID 91994864.
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