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

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species Pleurobema beadleianum (Lea, 1861): synonymy
     2 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher

Unio beadleianus Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 39.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 94 [98], pl. 14, fig. 242.
Type(s): SYNTYPE USNM_85746, Pearl R., Jackson, Miss.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) beadleianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio beadleianusOrtmann (1912)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) beadleana [sic]Frierson (1927)
Fusconaia beadleianaHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) beadleianaBurch (1975)
Pleurobema beadleianumTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Jones et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... FMCS (2021), Morrison et al. (2021), Johnson et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Pleurobema beadleanum [sic]Vidrine (1993), Burdick & White (2007), Haag (2012)
Pleurobema beadlianum [sic]Campbell et al. (2008), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Perkins et al. (2017)
Elliptio beadleianaITIS (2012)

Unio chickasawhensis Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 39.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 101 [105], pl. 16, fig. 250.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85759, Chickasawha R., Clark Co., Miss.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) chickasawhensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) beadleana [sic]Frierson (1927)
Fusconaia beadleianaHaas (1969)

Quadrula (Fusconia [sic] beadleana Frierson, 1927
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 57.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 63 [as ‘Pleurobema beadleanum’].
Burdick & White, 2007. J. Moll. Studies 73: 370 [as ‘Pleurobema beadleanum’].
Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 71 [as ‘Pleurobema beadleanum’].
(error for Unio beadleianus Lea, 1861)

Pleurobema beadlianum Campbell et al., 2008
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Campbell et al., 2008. Molec. Ecol. Res. 8: 718.
Campbell & Lydeard, 2012. Amer. Malac. Bull. 30(1): 29.
Perkins et al., 2017. Conserv. Genet. 18: 752.
(error for Unio beadleianus Lea, 1861)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) beadleianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) chickasawhensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio beadleianusOrtmann (1912)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) beadleana [sic]Frierson (1927)
Fusconaia beadleianaHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) beadleianaBurch (1975)
Pleurobema beadleianumTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Jones et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... FMCS (2021), Morrison et al. (2021), Johnson et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Pleurobema beadleanum [sic]Vidrine (1993), Burdick & White (2007), Haag (2012)
Pleurobema beadlianum [sic]Campbell et al. (2008), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Perkins et al. (2017)
Elliptio beadleianaITIS (2012)

 
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