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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema sintoxia

nominal species Unio mytiloides Bory de St. Vincent, 1827

Bruguière, 1797, Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 4a-b [as Unio sp.].
‘Val.’ Bory de St. Vincent, 1827, Encycl. Méth. 2: 151.
Deshayes, 1832, Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 585.
(homonym of Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820)

= Pleurobema sintoxia

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Pleurobema rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Quadrula (Obliquata) obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969
+ Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) pyramidata (Lea, 1831) — Simpson, 1914
+ Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) pyramidata (Lea, 1831) — Simpson, 1900
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
= Unio mytiloides — Deshayes, 1832
= Unio mytiloides Val. — Bory de St. Vincent, 1827

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