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

nominal species Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820

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Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820 = Pleurobema clava

Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 309, pl. 81, figs. 24-25 [also as ‘U. scalenia’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 53.
Type(s): NEOTYPE ANSP_20229, Ohio.

= Pleurobema clava

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Pleurobema clava Lam. — Vanatta, 1915

+ Margaron (Unio) clavus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio clava Lamarck, 1819 — Conrad, 1853

= Unio (Scalenaria) scalenarius [sic] (Raf.) — Mörch, 1853

+ Margaron (Unio) clavus (Lam.) — Lea, 1852

+ Unio clava Lamarck — Küster, 1848

+ Unio clavus Lam. — Hanley, 1843

+ Margarita (Unio) clavus Lam. Con. — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Unio) clavus (Lamarck, 1819) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio clava Lamarck, 1819 — Conrad, 1835

+ Unio clava Lam. — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio scaleniusJay, 1835

= Unio scalenius (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ravenel, 1834

= Unio scalenia Rafinesque — Lea, 1834

= Unio scalenius Rafin. — Lea, 1829

= Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scaleniaRafinesque, 1820

 
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