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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema

species Pleurobema hanleyianum (Lea, 1852): synonymy

2 specimens + 2 Genbank vouchers

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Unio hanleyianus Lea, 1852

specimen image from publicationLea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 279 [35], pl. 23, fig. 37.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251 [as ‘henleyianus’]. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84717, Coosawattee R., Ga.

Pleurobema (s.s.) hanleyana [sic]Simpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) hanleyanum [sic]Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema hanleyanum [sic]Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Lydeard et al. (1999)
Pleurobema hanleyianumParmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), Campbell et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), ... FMCS (2021), Morrison et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Unio hanleyanus Conrad, 1853

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 250.
specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 46, sp. 249.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 759.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 780.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 42, sp. 175.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 256.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 13.
Turgeon et al., 1988. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 32.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 13.
Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 184.
Lydeard et al., 1999. Gulf Mex. Sci. 17(2): 129.
(error for Unio hanleyianus Lea, 1852)

Pleurobema hanleyianumParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio hanleyanus Reeve, 1864

specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 17, sp. 76; errata [changed to ‘U. interventus, Lea’].
(error for Unio hanleyianus Lea, 1852)

Pleurobema (s.s.) hanleyana [sic]Simpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) hanleyanum [sic]Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) interventumFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema interventumHaas (1969)

Pleurobema aldrichianum Goodrich, 1931

Goodrich, 1931. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (229): 1-4, pl. 1.

Pleurobema aldrichianumHaas (1969), Burch (1975), ITIS (2012)
Pleurobema hanleyianumParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio henleyianus Lea, 1852

Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
(error for Unio hanleyianus Lea, 1852)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Pleurobema (s.s.) hanleyana [sic]Simpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) hanleyanum [sic]Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema (s.s.) interventumFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema interventumHaas (1969)
Pleurobema hanleyanum [sic]Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Lydeard et al. (1999)
Pleurobema aldrichianumHaas (1969), Burch (1975), ITIS (2012)
Pleurobema hanleyianumParmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), Campbell et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), ... FMCS (2021), Morrison et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

 
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