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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 pyriforme

nominal species Unio modicus Lea, 1857


Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 171.
Lea, 1859, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 204 [22], pl. 24, fig. 86.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84787, Chattahoochee R., 10 mi above Columbus, 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) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000
+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Burch, 1975
= Pleurobema modicum (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969
+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Clench & Turner, 1956
= Pleurobema (s.s.) modicum (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927
= Pleurobema modicum (Lea, 1857) — Ortmann, 1923
+ Pleurobema simpsoni Vanatta, 1915 — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
= Pleurobema (s.s.) modicum (Lea, 1857) — Simpson, 1914
= Pleurobema (s.s.) modica (Lea, 1857) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio modicus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) modicus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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