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

nominal species Obovaria cordata Rafinesque, 1820

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Obovaria cordata Rafinesque, 1820 = Pleurobema cordatum

Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 312, pl. 82, figs. 6-7 [also as ‘Unio cordata’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 55.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20221, Ohio River.

= Pleurobema cordatum

Taxonomic Opinions

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — FMCS, 2025

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — FMCS, 2021

= Pleurobema cordatumKlymus et al., 2020

= Pleurobema cordatumInoue et al., 2018

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2017

= Pleurobema cordatumPfeiffer et al., 2016

= Pleurobema cordatumJones, 2015

= Pleurobema (Sintoxia) cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012

= Pleurobema (Sintoxia) cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012

= Pleurobema cordatum cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — ITIS, 2012

= Pleurobema (Sintoxia) cordatum (Rafinesque) — Burlakova et al., 2012

= Pleurobema cordatumHaag, 2012

= Pleurobema cordatum Rafinesque, 1820 — Bogan, 2010

= Pleurobema cordatumCummings & Graf, 2010

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Campbell et al., 2008

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burdick & White, 2007

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Tiemann et al., 2007

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Campbell et al., 2005

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cicerello & Schuster, 2003

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque) — Lydeard et al., 1999

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Turgeon et al., 1998

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

= Pleurobema cordatumRosenberg et al., 1997

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cummings & Mayer, 1997

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — IUCN, 1996

= Pleurobema cordatumRosenberg et al., 1994

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque) — Williams et al., 1993

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cummings & Mayer, 1992

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Pleurobema cordata (Raf.) — Davis & Fuller, 1981

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

= Pleurobema cordatum (Raf.) — Mathiak, 1979

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975

= Quadrula (Obliquata) cordata cordata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

+ Pleurobema obliquum Lamarck, 1819 — Morrison, 1969

= Quadrula (Obliquata) cordata (Raf.) — Haas, 1930

= Quadrula (Obliquata) cordata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque) — Ortmann, 1925

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque) — Ortmann, 1924

= Pleurobema cordata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

= Pleurobema obliqua cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann, 1918

= Quadrula cordata Raf. — Vanatta, 1915

= Obovaria cordata Rafinesque, 1820 — Simpson, 1914

= Obovaria cordata Rafinesque, 1820 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio cordatus Raf. — B.H. Wright, 1888

+ Margaron (Unio) obliquus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870

= Unio cordatus (Raf.) — Conrad, 1853

+ Margaron (Unio) obliquus (Lam.) — Lea, 1852

= Unio cordatus Rafinesque — Küster, 1852

+ Margarita (Unio) obliquus Lam. — Lea, 1838

= Unio cordatus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Conrad, 1836

+ Margarita (Unio) obliqua (Lamarck, 1819) — Lea, 1836

= Unio cordatus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Obovaria cordataRafinesque, 1820

 
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