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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleuronaia barnesiana

nominal species Unio bigbyensis Lea, 1841

image of type lot

Unio bigbyensis Lea, 1841 = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Lea, 1841. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 30.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 237 [75], pl. 22, fig. 51.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84579, Bigby Cr., Tenn.

= Pleuronaia barnesiana

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleuronaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Fusconaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Fusconaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Fusconaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — Burch, 1975

+ Quadrula (Pleuronaia) barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969

+ Quadrula (Pleuronaia) barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — Frierson, 1927

= Fusconaia barnesiana bigbyensis (Lea) — Ortmann, 1925

= Fusconaia barnesiana bigbyensis (Lea) — Ortmann, 1924

= Fusconaia barnesiana var. bigbyensis (Lea) — Ortmann, 1923

= Fusconaia barnesiana bigbyensis (Lea, 1841) — Ortmann, 1918

= Pleurobema (s.s.) bigbyense (Lea, 1841) — Simpson, 1914

= Pleurobema (s.s.) bigbyensis (Lea, 1841) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (sec. Lampsilis) bigbyensis Lea, 1841 — Paetel, 1890

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

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

= Unio bigbyensis Lea, 1841 — Sowerby, 1866

= Unio bigbyensis Lea — Küster, 1862

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

= Unio bigbyensis Lea, 1841 — Conrad, 1853

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

 
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