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

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nominal species Unio validus Lea, 1871

Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 189.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 6 [10], pl. 1, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84583, Duck R., Tenn.

= Pleuronaia barnesiana

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleuronaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — Schilling et al., 2025

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

= Quadrula (Pleuronaia) valida (Lea, 1871) — Haas, 1969

= Quadrula (Pleuronaia) valida (Lea, 1871) — Frierson, 1927

+ Fusconaia barnesiana (Lea) — Ortmann, 1924

= Pleurobema (s.s.) validum (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1914

= Unio validus Lea — de Gregorio, 1914

= Pleurobema (s.s.) valida (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1900

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

 
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