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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema species Pleurobema decisum (Lea, 1831): synonymy 5 specimens + 6 Genbank vouchers Unio decisus Lea, 1831
 Lea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 92 [102], pl. 12, fig. 23. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84723, Claiborne, Ala.
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisa — Simpson (1900) Unio (s.s.) clavus — Call (1900) Pleurobema decisum — Ortmann (1912), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Morrison et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisum — Simpson (1914) — de Gregorio (1914) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisus — Frierson (1927) Pleurobema decisum decisum — Haas (1969) Pleurobema decisus — Jones et al. (2005) | |
Unio scalenius Say, 1834 Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??. (misidentified reference to Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisa — Simpson (1900) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisum — Simpson (1914) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisus — Frierson (1927) | |
Unio chattanoogaensis Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 166. Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 209 [27], pl. 25, fig. 90. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84729, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Pleurobema (s.s.) chattanoogaensis — Simpson (1900) Unio (s.s.) clavus — Call (1900) Pleurobema (s.s.) chattanoogaense — Simpson (1914) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisus-chattanoogaensis — Frierson (1927) Pleurobema decisum chattanoogaensis — Haas (1969) Pleurobema chattanogaense [sic] — Burch (1975) Pleurobema chattanoogaense — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ... Campbell et al. (2008), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Inoue et al. (2018), Morrison et al. (2021) Pleurobema decisum — Williams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021) Pleurobema chattanoogaensis — Hauck et al. (2023) | |
Unio anaticulus Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 40. Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 92 [96], pl. 13, fig. 240. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84735, Columbus, Miss.
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisa — Simpson (1900) Unio (s.s.) clavus — Call (1900) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisum — Simpson (1914) Unio anaticulus — de Gregorio (1914) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisus — Frierson (1927) Pleurobema decisum decisum — Haas (1969) Pleurobema curtum — Williams et al. (2008) | |
Unio consanguineus Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 60. Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 67 [71], pl. 7, fig. 217. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84726, Cahawba R., Ala.
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisa — Simpson (1900) Unio (s.s.) clavus — Call (1900) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisum — Simpson (1914) Unio consanguineus — de Gregorio (1914) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisus — Frierson (1927) Pleurobema decisum decisum — Haas (1969) Pleurobema decisum — Williams et al. (2008) | |
Unio crebrivittatus Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 60.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 43 [47], pl. 15, fig. 41. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84725, Coosawattee R., Ga.
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisa — Simpson (1900) Unio (s.s.) clavus — Call (1900) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisum — Simpson (1914) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisus — Frierson (1927) Pleurobema decisum decisum — Haas (1969) Pleurobema decisum — Williams et al. (2008) | |
Unio medius Reeve, 1864
‘Lea’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 17, sp. 77. (misidentified reference to Unio medius Lea, 1861)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisa — Simpson (1900) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisum — Simpson (1914) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisus — Frierson (1927) Pleurobema decisum decisum — Haas (1969) | |
Unio decisus Küster, 1852
‘Lea’ Küster, 1852. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 41, pl. 7, fig. 3. [in part] (reference to Unio decisus Lea, 1831)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisa — Simpson (1900) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisum — Simpson (1914) | |
Pleurobema chattanogaense Burch, 1975 ‘Lea’ Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 12. (error for Unio chattanoogaensis Lea, 1858) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Pleurobema (s.s.) decisa — Simpson (1900) Unio (s.s.) clavus — Call (1900) Pleurobema (s.s.) chattanoogaensis — Simpson (1900) Pleurobema decisum — Ortmann (1912), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Morrison et al. (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisum — Simpson (1914) — de Gregorio (1914) Pleurobema (s.s.) chattanoogaense — Simpson (1914) Unio anaticulus — de Gregorio (1914) Unio consanguineus — de Gregorio (1914) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisus — Frierson (1927) Pleurobema (s.s.) decisus-chattanoogaensis — Frierson (1927) Pleurobema decisum decisum — Haas (1969) Pleurobema decisum chattanoogaensis — Haas (1969) Pleurobema chattanogaense [sic] — Burch (1975) Pleurobema chattanoogaense — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ... Campbell et al. (2008), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Inoue et al. (2018), Morrison et al. (2021) Pleurobema decisus — Jones et al. (2005) Pleurobema curtum — Williams et al. (2008) Pleurobema chattanoogaensis — Hauck et al. (2023)
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