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

nominal species Pleurobema simpsoni Vanatta, 1915

Pleurobema simpsoni Vanatta, 1915 = Pleurobema pyriforme

Vanatta, 1915. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 559.
(new name for Unio striatus Lea, 1840)

= Pleurobema pyriforme

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2014

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2011

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Burch, 1975

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

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Clench & Turner, 1956

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

= Pleurobema simpsoni Vanatta, 1915 — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

= Pleurobema simpsoni n.n. — Vanatta, 1915

 
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