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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema verum

nominal species Unio instructus Lea, 1861

Lea, 1861, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 59.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 82 [86], pl. 10, fig. 230.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84640, Cahawba R., Ala.

= Pleurobema verum

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema verum (Lea, 1861) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Pleurobema verum (Lea, 1861) — Haas, 1969
= Pleurobema (s.s.) instructum (Lea, 1861) — Frierson, 1927
= Pleurobema (s.s.) instructum (Lea, 1861) — Simpson, 1914
= Pleurobema (s.s.) instructa (Lea, 1861) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio instructus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) instructus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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