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

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species Venustaconcha pleasii (Marsh, 1891): synonymy
     1 specimen

Unio pleasii Marsh, 1891
Marsh, 1891. The Observer 2: ??.
Marsh, 1891. Nautilus 5(1): 2.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_56480, Little Red River, Ark.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) pleasiiSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) pleasiiSimpson (1914)
Nephronaias pleasiiUtterback (1916)
Eurynia (Micromya) pleasiOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Venusta) pleasiiFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) pleasiHaas (1969)
Actinonaias ellipsiformisR.I. Johnson (1980)
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis pleasiiOesch (1984), Watters (2018)
Venustaconcha pleasiTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Haag (2012)
Venustaconcha pleasiiTurgeon et al. (1998), Campbell et al. (2005), Zanatta & Murphy (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) pleasiiSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) pleasiiSimpson (1914)
Nephronaias pleasiiUtterback (1916)
Eurynia (Micromya) pleasiOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Venusta) pleasiiFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) pleasiHaas (1969)
Actinonaias ellipsiformisR.I. Johnson (1980)
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis pleasiiOesch (1984), Watters (2018)
Venustaconcha pleasiTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Haag (2012)
Venustaconcha pleasiiTurgeon et al. (1998), Campbell et al. (2005), Zanatta & Murphy (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

 
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