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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema perovatum

nominal species Unio simulans Lea, 1871

Lea, 1871, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 190.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 18 [22], pl. 5, fig. 15.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84840, Cahawba R., Shelby Co., Ala.

= Pleurobema perovatum

Taxonomic Opinions

= Pleurobema similans [sic] — ITIS, 2012
+ Pleurobema perovatum (Conrad, 1834) — IUCN, 2012
+ Pleurobema perovatum (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008
= Pleurobema simulans (Lea, 1871) — Burch, 1975
= Pleurobema simulans (Lea, 1871) — Haas, 1969
= Pleurobema (s.s.) simulans (Lea, 1871) — Frierson, 1927
= Pleurobema (s.s.) simulans (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1914
= Pleurobema (s.s.) simulans (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio simulans Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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