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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema oviforme

nominal species Unio mundus Lea, 1857

Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 83.
Lea, 1866, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 40 [44], pl. 14, fig. 38.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84767, Tuscumbia, Ala.

= Pleurobema oviforme

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975
= Quadrula (Pleuronaia) munda (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969
= Quadrula (Pleuronaia) munda (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927
+ Pleurobema oviforme holstonense (Lea, 1840) — Ortmann, 1918
+ Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonense (Lea, 1840) — Simpson, 1914
+ Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonensis (Lea, 1840) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio mundus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) mundus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio mundus Lea, 1857 — Lea, 1866
= Unio mundus Lea, 1857 — Reeve, 1864

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