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

nominal species Unio litus Lea, 1871

Unio litus Lea, 1871 = Pleurobema pyriforme

Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 189.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 17 [21], pl. 5, fig. 13.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85142, Cahawba R., Shelby Co., Ala.

= Pleurobema pyriforme

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema perovatum (Conrad, 1834) — IUCN, 2012

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

+ Pleurobema striatum (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969

+ Pleurobema (s.s.) striatum (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927

= Pleurobema (s.s.) litum (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1914

= Pleurobema (s.s.) lita (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio litus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888