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nominal species Unio mundus Lea, 1857

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Unio mundus Lea, 1857 = Pleurobema oviforme

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 83.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 40 [44], pl. 14, fig. 38.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84767, Tuscumbia, Ala.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Schilling et al., 2025: 25, Table 13.

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008: 544.

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 186.

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975: 167.

= Quadrula (Pleuronaia) munda (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969: 306.

= Quadrula (Pleuronaia) munda (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927: 60, sp. 262.

+ Pleurobema oviforme holstonense (Lea, 1840) — Ortmann, 1918: 554.

+ Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonense (Lea, 1840) — Simpson, 1914: 739.

+ Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonensis (Lea, 1840) — Simpson, 1900: 747.

= Unio mundus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [4].

= Margaron (Unio) mundus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 40.

= Unio mundus Lea, 1857 — Lea, 1866: 44, pl. 14, fig. 38.

= Unio mundus Lea, 1857 — Reeve, 1864: pl. 16, sp. 72; errata.