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

nominal species Unio pulvinulus Lea, 1845

Unio pulvinulus Lea, 1845 = Pleurobema rubellum

Lea, 1845. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 164.
Lea, 1848. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 81 [55], pl. 8, fig. 24.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84838, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

= Pleurobema rubellum

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema rubellum (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008

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

= Pleurobema pulvinulum (Lea, 1845) — Haas, 1969

= Pleurobema (s.s.) pulvinulum (Lea, 1845) — Frierson, 1927

+ Pleurobema (s.s.) rubellum (Conrad, 1834) — Simpson, 1914

+ Pleurobema (s.s.) rubella (Conrad, 1834) — Simpson, 1900

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

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

= Unio (Lampsilis) pulvinulus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio pulvinulus Lea, 1845 — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) pulvinulus (Lea) — Lea, 1852