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

nominal species Unio ornatus Lea, 1861

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Unio ornatus Lea, 1861 = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 41.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 85 [89], pl. 11, fig. 234.
(homonym of Unio ovatus var. ornatus Conrad, 1835)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85854, Alabama.

= Pleuronaia barnesiana

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleuronaia barnesiana (I. Lea, 1838) — Bieler, 2021

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

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

+ Quadrula (Pleuronaia) munda (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969

+ Quadrula (Pleuronaia) munda (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Ortmann, 1918

= Pleurobema (s.s.) ornatum (Lea, 1861) — Simpson, 1914

= Pleurobema (s.s.) ornata (Lea, 1861) — Simpson, 1900

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

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

 
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