Molecular data validate historical and contemporary distributions of Pleurobema riddellii (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and help guide conservation and recovery efforts

Author:

Johnson NA1,Beaver CE1,Kiser AH2,Duplessis MA3,Wagner MD4,Ellwanger RJ5,Robertson CR6,Kinney SD3,Gregory BB3,Wolverton S7,Randklev CR2,Hartfield PD4,Williams JD8,Smith CH9

Affiliation:

1. US Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, 7920 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL 32653, USA

2. Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75252, USA

3. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Baton Rouge, LA 70898, USA

4. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office, Jackson, MS 39213, USA

5. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS 39213, USA

6. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Fisheries Management and Conservation Branch, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA

7. University of North Texas, Department of Geography and the Environment, Denton, TX 76203, USA

8. University of Florida, Florida Museum, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA

9. University of Texas, Department of Integrative Biology, Austin, TX 78712, USA

Abstract

Accurate taxonomic and distributional information are arguably the most critical components of conservation status assessments but can be greatly affected by misidentifications. The Louisiana pigtoe Pleurobema riddellii is a freshwater mussel proposed as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act. The species belongs to the tribe Pleurobemini, which includes multiple taxa that are inherently challenging to identify without molecular data. We validated historical and recent survey records of P. riddellii using a combination of DNA sequence data and morphological characters to provide a more definitive assessment of range and spatiotemporal trends in distribution. Our comprehensive assessment identified specimens collected from the Pearl drainage as P. riddellii, extending the species’ known range into eastern Gulf of Mexico drainages. Contemporary records were unavailable from the Trinity drainage; however, we designed novel minibarcode PCR primers and used historical DNA from a specimen collected in the late 1800s to confirm the historical presence of P. riddellii at the species’ type locality in the Trinity River near Dallas, Texas, USA. Our range-wide genetic diversity assessment provides strong support for 2 main geographic groups, the Ouachita and all remaining populations, with individuals from the Pearl and Trinity drainages sharing haplotypes with conspecifics from other drainages. Available data suggest P. riddellii has been extirpated from a significant portion of the historical range, including the entire Trinity drainage. Additional surveys in Lake Pontchartrain, Trinity, and other drainages in the eastern periphery of the species’ range may provide additional clarity on the distribution and conservation status of P. riddellii.

Publisher

Inter-Research Science Center

Subject

Nature and Landscape Conservation,Ecology

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