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

nominal species Unio chattanoogaensis Lea, 1858

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Unio chattanoogaensis Lea, 1858 = Pleurobema decisum

Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 166.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 209 [27], pl. 25, fig. 90.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84729, Chattanooga, Tenn.

= Pleurobema decisum

Taxonomic Opinions

= Pleurobema chattanoogaensisHauck et al., 2023

+ Pleurobema decisum (Lea, 1831) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Pleurobema chattanoogaenseMorrison et al., 2021

= Pleurobema chattanoogaenseInoue et al., 2018

+ Pleurobema decisum (Lea, 1831) — Williams et al., 2017

= Pleurobema chattanoogaense (I. Lea, 1858) — ITIS, 2012

= Pleurobema chattanoogaenseCummings & Graf, 2010

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

= Pleurobema chattanoogaense (Lea, 1858) — Campbell et al., 2008

= Pleurobema chattanoogaense (Lea, 1858) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Pleurobema chattanoogaense (Lea, 1858) — Burdick & White, 2007

= Pleurobema chattanoogaense (Lea, 1858) — Campbell et al., 2005

= Pleurobema chattanoogaense (I. Lea, 1858) — IUCN, 2000

= Pleurobema chattanoogaense (Lea) — Lydeard et al., 1999

= Pleurobema chattanoogaense (Lea, 1858) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

= Pleurobema chattanoogaense (Lea, 1858) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Pleurobema chattanoogaense (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993

= Pleurobema chattanoogaense (Lea, 1858) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Pleurobema chattanogaense [sic] (Lea, 1858) — Burch, 1975

= Pleurobema decisum chattanoogaensis (Lea, 1858) — Haas, 1969

= Pleurobema (s.s.) decisus-chattanoogaensis (Lea, 1858) — Frierson, 1927

= Pleurobema (s.s.) chattanoogaense (Lea, 1858) — Simpson, 1914

= Pleurobema (s.s.) chattanoogaensis (Lea, 1858) — Simpson, 1900

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

+ Unio clavus Lamarck — Call, 1895

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

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

= Unio chattanoogaensis Lea, 1858 — Reeve, 1864

 
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