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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleuronaia estabrookiana

nominal species Unio estabrookianus Lea, 1845

Lea, 1845. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 164.
Lea, 1848. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 77 [51], pl. 6, fig. 17.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84389 (by Schilling et al., 2025: 26), Clinch R., Tenn.

= Pleuronaia estabrookiana

Taxonomic Opinions

= Pleuronaia estabrookianus Lea, 1845 — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026

= Pleuronaia estabrookianus Lea, 1845 — Schilling et al., 2025

+ Pleuronaia barnesiana (I. Lea, 1838) — Bieler, 2021

+ Pleuronaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Fusconaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Fusconaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — Burch, 1975

+ Quadrula (Pleuronaia) barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969

+ Quadrula (Pleuronaia) barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — Frierson, 1927

+ Fusconaia barnesiana bigbyensis (Lea, 1841) — Ortmann, 1918

= Pleurobema (s.s.) estabrookianum (Lea, 1845) — Simpson, 1914

= Pleurobema (s.s.) estabrookiana (Lea, 1845) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio estabrookianus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) estabrookianus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio (Lampsilis) estabrookianus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio (Cunicula) eastbrookianus [sic] Lea, 1845 — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) estabrookianus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

 
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