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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema cordatum

nominal species Obovaria cordata Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 312, pl. 82, figs. 6-7 [also as ‘Unio cordata’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 55.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20221, Ohio River.

= Pleurobema cordatum

Taxonomic Opinions

= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — FMCS, 2025
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Hopper et al., 2023
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — FMCS, 2021
= Pleurobema cordatum — Klymus et al., 2020
= Pleurobema cordatum — Inoue et al., 2018
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2017
= Pleurobema cordatum — Pfeiffer et al., 2016
= Pleurobema cordatum — Jones, 2015
= Pleurobema (Sintoxia) cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012
= Pleurobema (Sintoxia) cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012
= Pleurobema cordatum cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — ITIS, 2012
= Pleurobema (Sintoxia) cordatum (Rafinesque) — Burlakova et al., 2012
= Pleurobema cordatum — Haag, 2012
= Pleurobema cordatum Rafinesque, 1820 — Bogan, 2010
= Pleurobema cordatum — Cummings & Graf, 2010
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Campbell et al., 2008
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burdick & White, 2007
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Tiemann et al., 2007
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Campbell et al., 2005
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cicerello & Schuster, 2003
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque) — Lydeard et al., 1999
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Turgeon et al., 1998
= Pleurobema cordatum (Conrad) [sic] — Strayer & Jirka, 1997
= Pleurobema cordatum — Rosenberg et al., 1997
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cummings & Mayer, 1997
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — IUCN, 1996
= Pleurobema cordatum — Rosenberg et al., 1994
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque) — Williams et al., 1993
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cummings & Mayer, 1992
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Turgeon et al., 1988
= Pleurobema cordata (Raf.) — Davis & Fuller, 1981
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1980
= Pleurobema cordatum (Raf.) — Mathiak, 1979
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975
= Quadrula (Obliquata) cordata cordata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969
+ Pleurobema obliquum Lamarck, 1819 — Morrison, 1969
= Quadrula (Obliquata) cordata (Raf.) — Haas, 1930
= Quadrula (Obliquata) cordata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque) — Ortmann, 1925
= Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque) — Ortmann, 1924
= Pleurobema cordata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
= Pleurobema obliqua cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann, 1918
= Quadrula cordata Raf. — Vanatta, 1915
= Obovaria cordata Rafinesque, 1820 — Simpson, 1914
= Obovaria cordata Rafinesque, 1820 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio cordatus Raf. — B.H. Wright, 1888
+ Margaron (Unio) obliquus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870
= Unio cordatus (Raf.) — Conrad, 1853
+ Margaron (Unio) obliquus (Lam.) — Lea, 1852
= Unio cordatus Rafinesque — Küster, 1852
+ Margarita (Unio) obliquus Lam. — Lea, 1838
= Unio cordatus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Conrad, 1836
+ Margarita (Unio) obliqua (Lamarck, 1819) — Lea, 1836
= Unio cordatus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835
= Obovaria cordata — Rafinesque, 1820

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