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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema oviforme

nominal species Unio acuens Lea, 1871

Lea, 1871, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 190.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 27 [31], pl. 8, fig. 24.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84599, Holston R., near Concord, E. Tenn.

= Pleurobema oviforme

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Quadrula (Pleuronaia) tesserulae (Lea, 1862) — Haas, 1969
+ Quadrula (Pleuronaia) tesserulae (Lea, 1862) — Frierson, 1927
+ Pleurobema oviforme holstonense (Lea, 1840) — Ortmann, 1918
= Pleurobema (s.s.) acuens (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1914
= Pleurobema (s.s.) acuens (Lea, 1871) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio acuens Lea — Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896
= Unio (sec. Lampsilis) accuens [sic] Lea — Paetel, 1890
= Unio acuens Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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