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

nominal species Unio ravenelianus Lea, 1834

image of type lot

Unio ravenelianus Lea, 1834 = Pleurobema oviforme

specimen image from publicationLea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 32 [144], pl. 3, fig. 5.
(renamed Unio rudis Conrad, 1837)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84783, French Broad R., near Ashville, N. Carolina.

= Pleurobema oviforme

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

= Quadrula (Pleuronaia) raveneliana (Lea, 1834) — Haas, 1969

= Quadrula (Pleuronaia) raveneliana (Lea, 1834) — Frierson, 1927

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Ortmann, 1918

= Pleurobema (s.s.) ravenelianum (Lea, 1834) — Simpson, 1914

= Pleurobema (s.s.) raveneliana (Lea, 1834) — Simpson, 1900

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

= Unio ravenelianus Lea — Lewis, 1871

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

= Unio ravenelianus Lea, 1834 — Reeve, 1864

= Unio ravenelianus Lea — Küster, 1862

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

+ Unio rudis Conrad, 1837 — Conrad, 1853

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

= Unio ravenelianus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) ravenelianus Lea — Lea, 1838

+ Unio rudis Conrad, 1837 — Conrad, 1837

= Margarita (Unio) ravenelianus (Lea, 1834) — Lea, 1836

= Unio ravenelianus Lea — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio ravenelianusJay, 1835

 
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