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

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleuronaia

species Pleuronaia estabrookiana (Lea, 1845): synonymy
     1 specimen

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.

Pleurobema (s.s.) estabrookianaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) estabrookianumSimpson (1914)
Fusconaia barnesiana bigbyensisOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) barnesianaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Fusconaia barnesianaBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Pleuronaia barnesianaWilliams et al. (2008), Bieler (2021)
Pleuronaia estabrookianusSchilling et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Unio estabrokianus Paetel, 1890
‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 152.
(error for Unio estabrookianus Lea, 1845)

Pleurobema (s.s.) estabrookianaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) estabrookianumSimpson (1914)
Fusconaia barnesianaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Pleurobema (s.s.) estabrookianaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) estabrookianumSimpson (1914)
Fusconaia barnesiana bigbyensisOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) barnesianaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Fusconaia barnesianaBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Pleuronaia barnesianaWilliams et al. (2008), Bieler (2021)
Pleuronaia estabrookianusSchilling et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

 
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