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

nominal species Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831

image of type lot

Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831 = Pleurobema sintoxia

specimen image from publicationLea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 109 [119], pl. 16, fig. 39.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ANSP_41726, Ohio River.

= Pleurobema sintoxia

Taxonomic Opinions

= Pleurobema pyramidatum (I. Lea, 1840) — ITIS, 2012

+ Pleurobema rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Pleurobema rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Pleurobema rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Pleurobema rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Turgeon et al., 1998

+ Pleurobema cordatum (Conrad) [sic] — Strayer & Jirka, 1997

= Pleurobema pyramidatum (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993

= Pleurobema pyramidatum (Lea, 1840) — Vidrine, 1993

= Pleurobema pyramidatum (Lea, 1831) — Turgeon et al., 1988

+ Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Pleurobema cordatum pyramidatumGordon et al., 1979

= Pleurobema pyramidatum (Lea, 1831) — Stansbery, 1970

+ Quadrula (Obliquata) obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

+ Pleurobema obliquata Rafinesque, 1820 — Morrison, 1969

= Pleurobema cordatum pyramidatum (Lea, 1834) — Murray & Leonard, 1962

+ Quadrula (Obliquata) obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

= Pleurobema cordatum pyramidatum (Lea) — Ortmann, 1925

= Pleurobema cordatum pyramidatum (Lea) — Ortmann, 1924

= Pleurobema pyramidatum (Lea, 1831) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Pleurobema obliqua rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann, 1918

= Pleurobema obliquum pyramidatum (Lea) — Utterback, 1915

+ Quadrula rubra Raf. — Vanatta, 1915

= Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) pyramidata (Lea, 1831) — Simpson, 1914

= Unio pyramidatus Lea — de Gregorio, 1914

+ Pleurobema obliquum (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann, 1912

= Pleurobema obliqua form pyramidata (Lea) — Ortmann, 1910

= Quadrula pyramidata Lea — Ortmann, 1909

+ Quadrula obliqua (Lamarck) — Ortmann, 1909

= Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) pyramidata (Lea, 1831) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio pyramidatus Lea — Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896

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

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

= Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831 — Sowerby, 1868

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

+ Unio ruber Raf. — Conrad, 1853

+ Unio (Obovaria) mytiloides (Raf.) — Mörch, 1853

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

+ Unio mytiloides Rafinesque — Küster, 1852

= Unio pyramidatus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) pyramidatus Lea — Lea, 1838

+ Unio mytiloides (Rafinesque, 1820) — Conrad, 1836

= Margarita (Unio) pyramidatus (Lea, 1831) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio mytiloides Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio pyramidatusJay, 1835

= Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831 — Ravenel, 1834

 
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