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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleuronaia barnesiana

nominal species Unio meredithii Lea, 1858

Lea, 1858, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 40.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 65 [69], pl. 6, fig. 214.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84393, Florence, Ala.

= Pleuronaia barnesiana

Taxonomic Opinions

= Pleurobema meredithi Lea — ITIS, 2012
+ Pleuronaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Fusconaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
= Pleurobema meredithii (Lea, 1858) — Burch, 1975
= Quadrula (Pleuronaia) meredithii (Lea, 1858) — Haas, 1969
= Quadrula (Pleuronaia) meridithii [sic] (Lea, 1858) — Frierson, 1927
+ Fusconaia barnesiana (Lea) — Ortmann, 1925
+ Fusconaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) — Ortmann, 1918
= Pleurobema (s.s.) meredithii (Lea, 1858) — Simpson, 1914
= Pleurobema (s.s.) meredithii (Lea, 1858) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio meridithii [sic] Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) meredithii (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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