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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Pleiodon ovatus

nominal species Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823

Swainson, 1823, Philos. Mag. & J. 61: 113.
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 380.
(renamed Arca rostrum Wood, 1828)

= Pleiodon ovatus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Pleiodon ovata (Swainson, 1823) — Zieritz et al., 2013
= Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Graf & Cummings, 2011
= Mutela ovata (Swainson, 1823) — IUCN, 2010
= Pleiodon ovatus Swainson, 1823 — Bogan, 2010
= Pleiodon ovata (Swainson, 1823) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Pleiodon ovata (Swainson, 1823) — Graf & Cummings, 2006
= Iridina ovatus Swainson, 1823 — Graf, 2000
= Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Daget, 1998
= Mutela ovata (Swainson, 1823) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
= Iridina (Pleiodon) ovata Swainson, 1823 — Haas, 1969
= Iridina (Pleiodon) ovata Swainson, 1823 — Haas, 1969
= Pleiodon (s.s.) ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Pain & Woodward, 1964
= Iridina (sec. Pliodon) ovata Swainson — Thiele, 1934
= Iridina (Pleiodon) ovata Swainson, 1823 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Pleiodon (s.s.) ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Simpson, 1914
= Pleiodon ovatum Swain. — Kobelt, 1910
= Pleiodon (s.s.) ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Simpson, 1900
= Iridina ovata Swainson — Ancey, 1888
= Mutela (sec. Pliodon) ovata (Swainson) — Fischer, 1887
= Pliodon ovatus Swainson — Bourguignat, 1879
= Iridina ovata — Woodward, 1871
= Platiris (Iridina) ovata (Swain.) — Lea, 1870
= Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Sowerby, 1866
= Pleiodon ovata (Swains.) — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Mutela (Pliodon) ovata (Sws.) — Mörch, 1853
= Platiris (Iridina) ovata (Swain.) — Lea, 1852
= Iridina ovata Swainson — Hanley, 1843
= Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823 — Swainson, 1840
= Platiris (Iridina) ovata (Swainson, 1823) — Sowerby, 1839
= Platiris (Iridina) ovata Swain. — Lea, 1838
= Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823 — Wood, 1828

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