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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema pyriforme

nominal species Unio striatus Lea, 1840

image of type lot

Unio striatus Lea, 1840 = Pleurobema pyriforme

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 203 [41], pl. 12, fig. 16.
(renamed Pleurobema simpsoni Vanatta, 1915; homonym of Unio striatus Goldfuss, 1837)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84797, Columbus, Ga.

= Pleurobema pyriforme

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2014

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Burch, 1975

= Pleurobema striatum (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Clench & Turner, 1956

= Pleurobema (s.s.) striatum (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927

+ Pleurobema modicum (Lea, 1857) — Ortmann, 1923

+ Pleurobema simpsoni Vanatta, 1915 — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Pleurobema simpsoni n.n. — Vanatta, 1915

= Pleurobema (s.s.) striatum (Lea, 1840) — Simpson, 1914

= Pleurobema (s.s.) striata (Lea, 1840) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio striatus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) striatus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio striatus Lea, 1840 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio (Lampsilis) striatus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio striatus Lea, 1841 — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) strictus [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1852

 
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