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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini genus Plectomerus Conrad, 1853: synonymy
1 Recent valid species (1 total species) Bariosta Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 2.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 73.
(renamed Baryosta Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Bariosta ponderosus Rafinesque, 1831 (sub. desig. by Fischer, 1887: 1000) = Plectomerus dombeyanus Gonamblus Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 79.
Type species: Lasmigona ponderosa Rafinesque, 1831 (orig. desig.) = Plectomerus dombeyanus Baryosta Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 44.
(new name for Bariosta Rafinesque, 1831) Plectomerus Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 260.
Type species: Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831 (sub. desig. by Ortmann & Walker, 1922: 9) = Plectomerus dombeyanus Taxonomic History (since 1900)Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) — Call (1900)
Bariosta — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula — Ortmann (1909)
Crenodonta — Ortmann (1912)
Plectomerus — Ortmann & Walker (1922), R.I. Johnson (1969), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Stodola et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Freeman et al. (2025)
Amblema (Plectomerus) — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Amblema — Thiele (1934), Davis & Fuller (1981)
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