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

nominal species Unio friersoni B.H. Wright, 1896

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Unio friersoni B.H. Wright, 1896 = Pleurobema riddellii

B.H. Wright, 1896. Nautilus 9(12): 134, pl. 33.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_133432 (by R.I. Johnson, 1967: 6), Little Red River, arm of Bayou Pierre, DeSoto Parrish, La.

= Pleurobema riddellii

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema (Sintoxia) riddellii (Lea) — Burlakova et al., 2012

+ Pleurobema riddellii (Lea, 1862) — Howells et al., 1996

+ Pleurobema riddelli (Lea, 1861) — Vidrine, 1993

+ Fusconaia undata (Barnes, 1823) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Quadrula (Obliquata) friersoni (Wright, B.H., 1896) — Haas, 1969

= Quadrula (Obliquata) friersoni (Wright, B.H., 1896) — Frierson, 1927

= Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) friersoni (Wright, B.H., 1896) — Simpson, 1914

= Pleurobema friersoni (Wright, B.H.) — Ortmann, 1914

= Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) friersoni (Wright, B.H., 1896) — Simpson, 1900

 
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