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

nominal species Unio tesserulae Lea, 1861

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Unio tesserulae Lea, 1861 = Pleurobema oviforme

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392 [as ‘tesserulæ’].
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 40 [44], pl. 15, fig. 39 [as ‘tesserulæ’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84426, Nolachucky R., Tenn.

= Pleurobema oviforme

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

= Quadrula (Pleuronaia) tesserulae (Lea, 1862) — Haas, 1969

= Quadrula (Pleuronaia) tesserulae (Lea, 1862) — Frierson, 1927

+ Pleurobema oviforme holstonense (Lea, 1840) — Ortmann, 1918

= Pleurobema (s.s.) tesserulae (Lea, 1862) — Simpson, 1914

= Pleurobema (s.s.) tesserulae (Lea, 1862) — Simpson, 1900

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

= Unio tesserulæ Lea — Lewis, 1871

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

= Unio tesserulæ Lea, 1862 — Lea, 1866

 
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