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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 pyriforme (Lea, 1857): synonymy
     8 specimens + 2 Genbank vouchers

Unio striatus Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 203 [41], pl. 12, fig. 16.
(homonym of Unio striatus Goldfuss, 1837; renamed Pleurobema simpsoni Vanatta, 1915)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84797, Columbus, Ga.

Pleurobema (s.s.) striataSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) striatumSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema simpsoniVanatta (1915), Ortmann & Walker (1922)
Pleurobema modicumOrtmann (1923)
Pleurobema pyriformeClench & Turner (1956), Burch (1975), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2014)
Pleurobema striatumHaas (1969)

Unio bulbosus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 172.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 191 [9], pl. 21, fig. 75.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84715, Flint R., near Macon, Ga.

Pleurobema (s.s.) bulbosaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) bulbosumSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema pyriformeClench & Turner (1956), Burch (1975), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)
Pleurobema bulbosumHaas (1969), Kandl et al. (2001)

Unio modicus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 171.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 204 [22], pl. 24, fig. 86.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84787, Chattahoochee R., 10 mi above Columbus, Ga.

Pleurobema (s.s.) modicaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) modicumSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema simpsoniOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Pleurobema modicumOrtmann (1923), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema pyriformeClench & Turner (1956), Burch (1975), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio pyriformis Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 31.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 69, pl. 12, fig. 50.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84781, near Columbus, Ga.

Pleurobema (s.s.) pyriformisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) pyriformeSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema pyriformeClench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Inoue et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)

Unio amabilis Lea, 1865
Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 89.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 257 [17], pl. 31, fig. 72.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84573, Butler, Taylor Co., Ga.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) amabilisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) amabileSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Ortmann (1914)
Pleurobema simpsoniOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Pleurobema modicumOrtmann (1923)
Pleurobema pyriformeClench & Turner (1956), Burch (1975), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)
Pleurobema amabileHaas (1969)

Unio litus Lea, 1871
Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 189.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 17 [21], pl. 5, fig. 13.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85142, Cahawba R., Shelby Co., Ala.

Pleurobema (s.s.) litaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) litumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) striatumFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema striatumHaas (1969)
Pleurobema perovatumWilliams et al. (2008), IUCN (2012)

Unio reclusus B.H. Wright, 1898
B.H. Wright, 1898. Nautilus 11(10): 111.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_151029, Ocklockonee Riv., Leon Co., Fla.

Pleurobema (s.s.) reclusaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema reclusaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) reclusumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) pyriformeFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema pyriformeClench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2011), IUCN (2012), Williams et al. (2014)
Pleurobema reclusumKandl et al. (2001)

Unio harperi B.H. Wright, 1899
B.H. Wright, 1899. Nautilus 13: 6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_159197, [Spring Cr., Decatur Co.]. Ga.

Pleurobema (s.s.) harperiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema harperiSimpson (1900), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema pyriformeClench & Turner (1956), Burch (1975), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Pleurobema simpsoni Vanatta, 1915
Vanatta, 1915. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 559.
(new name for Unio striatus Lea, 1840)

Pleurobema simpsoniVanatta (1915), Ortmann & Walker (1922)
Pleurobema (s.s.) striatumFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema pyriformeClench & Turner (1956), Burch (1975), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)
Pleurobema striatumHaas (1969)

Unio strictus Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26.
(error for Unio striatus Lea, 1840)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Pleurobema (s.s.) striataSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) bulbosaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) modicaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) pyriformisSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) amabilisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) litaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) reclusaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema reclusaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) harperiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema harperiSimpson (1900), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema (s.s.) striatumSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema (s.s.) bulbosumSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema (s.s.) modicumSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema (s.s.) pyriformeSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema (s.s.) amabileSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Ortmann (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) litumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) reclusumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema simpsoniVanatta (1915), Ortmann & Walker (1922)
Pleurobema modicumOrtmann (1923), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema pyriformeClench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Inoue et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Pleurobema striatumHaas (1969)
Pleurobema bulbosumHaas (1969), Kandl et al. (2001)
Pleurobema amabileHaas (1969)
Pleurobema reclusumKandl et al. (2001)
Pleurobema perovatumWilliams et al. (2008), IUCN (2012)

 
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