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

nominal species Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820

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Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820 = Pleurobema clava

Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 427 [as ‘Unio (Pleurobema) mytiloïdes’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 313, pl. 82, figs. 8-10 [also as ‘U. mytiloides’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 56.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20223, [no locality available - North America].

= Pleurobema clava

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Heard & Guckert, 1970

+ Pleurobema clava clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969

= Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820 — Haas, 1969

= Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820 — Modell, 1942

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck) — Thiele, 1934

= Pleurobema (s.s.) mytiloides Raf. — Haas, 1930

+ Pleurobema clava (Lam.) — F.C. Baker, 1928

= Pleurobema (s.s.) mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820 — Frierson, 1927

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Pleurobema obliqua rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann, 1918

+ Pleurobema clava Lam. — Vanatta, 1915

+ Simpson, 1914

+ Simpson, 1900

= Unio mytiloides Raf. — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Unio (Limnium sec. Pleurobema) mytiloides (Rafinesque) — Fischer, 1887

= Unio mytiloides Raf. — Lewis, 1871

= Margaron (Unio) mytiloides (Raf.) — Lea, 1870

= Unio mytiloides Rafinesque — Küster, 1862

= Unio mytiloides Raf. — Lapham, 1860

= Unio (Lampsilis) mytiloides Rafin. — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Unio clava Lamarck, 1819 — Conrad, 1853

= Unio (Obovaria) mytiloides (Raf.) — Mörch, 1853

= Pleurobema mytiloidesAgassiz, 1852

= Margaron (Unio) mytiloides (Raf.) — Lea, 1852

= Unio mytiloides Rafinesque — Küster, 1852

+ Unio pyramidatus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Unio (s.s.) mytiloides (Rafinesque, 1820) — Swainson, 1840

= Margarita (Unio) mytiloides Raf. — Lea, 1838

= Unio mytiloides (Rafinesque, 1820) — Conrad, 1836

= Margarita (Unio) mytiloides (Rafinesque, 1820) — Lea, 1836

= Unio mytiloides Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio mytiloidesJay, 1835

= Unio mytiloides (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ravenel, 1834

= Unio mytiloides Rafin. — Lea, 1829

= Pleurobema mytiloidesRafinesque, 1820

= Unio (Pleurobema) mytiloidesRafinesque, 1819

 
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