The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·995663TribeMollusca12,220 field observations
  1. Animals
  2. ›Molluscs
  3. ›Bivalves
  4. ›Autobranchia
  5. ›Heteroconchia
  6. ›Freshwater Mussels and Brooch Clams
  7. ›Freshwater Mussels
  8. ›Unionoidea
  9. ›River Mussels
  10. ›Ambleminae
Quadrulini
Plate 1 of 10. (c) Howard Horne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Howard Horne · via iNaturalist

Quadrulini

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.

Fossils of this group date back to the Late Cretaceous.

Continue reading on Wikipedia
§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Quadrulini in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 995663.