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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini | Plectomerus dombeyanus

nominal species Bariosta ponderosus Rafinesque, 1831

= Plectomerus dombeyanus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827) — Howells et al., 1996

+ Plectomerus dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827) — Oesch, 1984

+ Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1833) — Burch, 1975

+ — Haas, 1969

+ Amblema (Plectomerus) dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827) — Frierson, 1927

+ Plectomerus trapezoides (Lea, 1831) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

= Bariosta ponderosus (Rafinesque, 1831) — Simpson, 1914

= Bariosta ponderosus Rafinesque, 1831 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Limnium sec. Bariosta) ponderosus (Rafinesque) — Fischer, 1887

+ — Lea, 1870

+ — Lea, 1852

+ — Lea, 1836

+ Unio niger Raf., Say — Ferussac, 1835

= Bariosta ponderosus Rafinesque, 1831 — Rafinesque, 1831