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genus Plectomerus Conrad, 1853: synonymy

1 Recent freshwater species (1 total species)

Synonymy

Bariosta Rafinesque, 1831

Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 2.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 73.
(renamed Baryosta Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Bariosta ponderosus Rafinesque, 1831 (sub. desig. by Fischer, 1886: 1000) = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Gonamblus Rafinesque, 1831

Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 79.
Type species: Lasmigona ponderosa Rafinesque, 1831 (orig. desig.) = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Baryosta Agassiz, 1846

Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 44.
(new name for Bariosta Rafinesque, 1831)
Type species: Bariosta ponderosus Rafinesque, 1831 = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Plectomerus Conrad, 1853

Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 260.
Type species: Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831 (sub. desig. by Ortmann & Walker, 1922: 9) = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Plectomerus, since 1900.

Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) — Call (1900)
Bariosta — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula — Ortmann (1909)
Crenodonta — Ortmann (1912)
Plectomerus — Ortmann & Walker (1922), R.I. Johnson (1969), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), ... FMCS (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
Amblema (Plectomerus) — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Amblema — Thiele (1934), Davis & Fuller (1981)