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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema pyriforme

nominal species Unio amabilis Lea, 1865

Lea, 1865, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 89.
Lea, 1868, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 257 [17], pl. 31, fig. 72.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84573, Butler, Taylor Co., Ga.

= Pleurobema pyriforme

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2014
+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2011
+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000
+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Burch, 1975
= Pleurobema amabile (Lea, 1865) — Haas, 1969
+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Clench & Turner, 1956
= Pleurobema (s.s.) amabile (Lea, 1865) — Frierson, 1927
+ Pleurobema modicum (Lea, 1857) — Ortmann, 1923
+ Pleurobema simpsoni Vanatta, 1915 — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
= Pleurobema (s.s.) amabile (Lea, 1865) — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — Ortmann, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) amabilis Lea, 1865 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio amabilis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) amabilis (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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