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

nominal species Unio consanguineus Lea, 1861

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Unio consanguineus Lea, 1861 = Pleurobema decisum

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 60.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 67 [71], pl. 7, fig. 217.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84726, Cahawba R., Ala.

= Pleurobema decisum

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema decisum (Lea, 1831) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Pleurobema decisum decisum (Lea, 1831) — Haas, 1969

+ Pleurobema (s.s.) decisus (Lea, 1831) — Frierson, 1927

+ Pleurobema (s.s.) decisum (Lea, 1831) — Simpson, 1914

= Unio consanguineus Lea — de Gregorio, 1914

+ Pleurobema (s.s.) decisa (Lea, 1831) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio (s.s.) clavus Lamarck, 1819 — Call, 1900

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

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

= Unio consanguineus Lea, 1861 — Sowerby, 1868

 
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