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

nominal species Unio holstonensis Lea, 1840

Unio holstonensis Lea, 1840 = Pleurobema oviforme

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 212 [50], pl. 15, fig. 27.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84641, Holston R., Tenn.

= Pleurobema oviforme

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Pleurobema oviformis (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Haas, 1969

+ Pleurobema (s.s.) oviformis (Conrad, 1834) — Frierson, 1927

= Pleurobema oviforme holstonense (Lea) — Ortmann, 1925

= Pleurobema oviforme holstonense (Lea) — Ortmann, 1924

= Pleurobema oviforme holstonense (Lea, 1840) — Ortmann, 1918

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

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

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

= Unio holstonensis Lea — Lewis, 1871

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

= Unio holstonensis Lea — Küster, 1862

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

= Unio holstonensis Lea, 1841 — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) holstonensis (Lea) — Lea, 1852