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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema rubrum

nominal species Unio obliquus Wood, 1828


Wood, 1828, Suppl. Index Testac.: 3 [as ‘Mya obliqua’].
Wood, 1828, Suppl. Index Testac.: 57, pl. 1, sp. 8.
Wood & Hanley, 1856, Index Testac.: 200, pl. 1, fig. 8.
(misidentified reference to Unio obliqua Lamarck, 1819)

= Pleurobema rubrum

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Pleurobema rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) pyramidata (Lea, 1831) — Simpson, 1914
+ Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) pyramidata (Lea, 1831) — Simpson, 1900
+ Margaron (Unio) mytiloides (Raf.) — Lea, 1870
+ Margaron (Unio) mytiloides (Raf.) — Lea, 1852
+ Unio pyramidatus Lea — Hanley, 1843
+ Margarita (Unio) mytiloides Raf. — Lea, 1838
+ Margarita (Unio) mytiloides (Rafinesque, 1820) — Lea, 1836
+ Unio obliqua Lam. — Ferussac, 1835
= Unio obliquus Wood, 1828 — Wood, 1828

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