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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema clava

nominal species Pleurobema cuneata Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 313 [also as ‘Unio cuneata’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 56.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20228, Riv. Ohio.

= Pleurobema clava

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975
+ Pleurobema (s.s.) mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820 — Frierson, 1927
+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Pleurobema clava Lam. — Vanatta, 1915
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1900
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
= Unio cuneatus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Reeve, 1864
+ Unio clava Lamarck, 1819 — Conrad, 1853
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852
= Unio (Cunicula) cuneata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Swainson, 1840
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1836
= Unio cuneatus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835
= Pleurobema cuneata — Rafinesque, 1820

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