species Pleurobema taitianum (Lea, 1834): synonymy

Unio taitianus Lea, 1834

Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 39 [151], pl. 4, fig. 11.
HOLOTYPE USNM_84653, Claiborne, Alabama R., Ala.

Pleurobema (s.s.) taitiana — Simpson (1900)
Pleurobema (Group of P. troschelianum) taitianum — Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) taitianum — Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema taitianum — Haas (1969), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ... Morrison et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Pleurobema tombigbeanum Frierson, 1908

Frierson, 1908. Nautilus 22(3): 27, pl. 3, figs. 3-4.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 42 [under P. taitianum Lea].

Pleurobema (Group of P. troschelianum) tombigbeanum — Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) taitianum — Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema taitianum — Haas (1969), Williams et al. (2008)
Pleurobema tombigbeanum — Burch (1975), ITIS (2012)

Pleurobema (s.s.) aldrichi Frierson, 1927

Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 44, sp. 197.
Frierson, 1928. Nautilus 41(4): 139, pl. 3, fig. 1.
LECTOTYPE ANSP_145246, Selma, Ala.

Pleurobema (s.s.) aldrichi — Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema aldrichi — Haas (1969)
Pleurobema taitianum — Williams et al. (2008)

Unio tahitianus Catlow & Reeve, 1845

(error for Unio taitianus Lea, 1834)
‘Lea’ Catlow & Reeve, 1845. Conch. Nomen.: 64.

Unio tahetianus Simpson, 1900

(error for Unio tahitianus Catlow & Reeve, 1845)
‘Catlow & Reeve’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 744.
‘Catlow & Reeve’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 731.