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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema pyriforme

nominal species 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 pyriforme

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema perovatum (Conrad, 1834) — IUCN, 2012
+ Pleurobema perovatum (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Pleurobema striatum (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969
+ Pleurobema (s.s.) striatum (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927
= Pleurobema (s.s.) litum (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1914
= Pleurobema (s.s.) lita (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio litus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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