MUSSELp
 
MUSSELpdb
 
 
Taxonomy
 
 
Geography
 
 
 

Page last updated
Thu 17 July 2025

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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!


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.) decisaSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) clavusCall (1900)
Pleurobema decisumOrtmann (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.) decisumSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisusFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema decisum decisumHaas (1969)
Pleurobema decisusJones et al. (2005)

Unio scalenius Say, 1834
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
(misidentified reference to Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema (s.s.) decisaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisusFrierson (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.) chattanoogaensisSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) clavusCall (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) chattanoogaenseSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisus-chattanoogaensisFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema decisum chattanoogaensisHaas (1969)
Pleurobema chattanogaense [sic]Burch (1975)
Pleurobema chattanoogaenseTurgeon 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 decisumWilliams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Pleurobema chattanoogaensisHauck 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.) decisaSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) clavusCall (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisumSimpson (1914)
Unio anaticulusde Gregorio (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisusFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema decisum decisumHaas (1969)
Pleurobema curtumWilliams 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.) decisaSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) clavusCall (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisumSimpson (1914)
Unio consanguineusde Gregorio (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisusFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema decisum decisumHaas (1969)
Pleurobema decisumWilliams 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.) decisaSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) clavusCall (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisusFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema decisum decisumHaas (1969)
Pleurobema decisumWilliams 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.) decisaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisusFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema decisum decisumHaas (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.) decisaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisumSimpson (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.) decisaSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) clavusCall (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) chattanoogaensisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema decisumOrtmann (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.) decisumSimpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) chattanoogaenseSimpson (1914)
Unio anaticulusde Gregorio (1914)
Unio consanguineusde Gregorio (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisusFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema (s.s.) decisus-chattanoogaensisFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema decisum decisumHaas (1969)
Pleurobema decisum chattanoogaensisHaas (1969)
Pleurobema chattanogaense [sic]Burch (1975)
Pleurobema chattanoogaenseTurgeon 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 decisusJones et al. (2005)
Pleurobema curtumWilliams et al. (2008)
Pleurobema chattanoogaensisHauck et al. (2023)

 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."