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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema

species Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834): nominal species
     16 specimens available.

Unio oviformis Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834, New Fresh-Water Shells: 46, pl. 3, fig. 6.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 254.

Unio oviformisConrad (1834), Ferussac (1835), Conrad (1853), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) oviformisLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Lampsilis) oviformisAdams & Adams (1857)
Pleurobema (s.s.) oviformisSimpson (1900), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema (s.s.) oviformeSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviformeOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Haas (1969), ..., Wu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024)
Pleurobema oviformisR.I. Johnson (1980), Lopes-Lima et al. (2019)

Unio ravenelianus Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 32 [144], pl. 3, fig. 5.
(renamed Unio rudis Conrad, 1837)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84783, French Broad R., near Ashville, N. Carolina.

Unio ravenelianusLea (1834), Jay (1835), Ferussac (1835), Hanley (1843), Küster (1862), Reeve (1864), Lewis (1871), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margarita (Unio) ravenelianusLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Unio rudisConrad (1837), Conrad (1853)
Margaron (Unio) ravenelianusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Lampsilis) ravenelianusAdams & Adams (1857)
Pleurobema (s.s.) ravenelianaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) ravenelianumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviformeOrtmann (1918), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) ravenelianaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)

Unio argenteus Lea, 1841
Lea, 1841, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 82.
Lea, 1842, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 242 [80], pl. 25, fig. 57.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84778, Holston R., Tenn.

Unio argenteusLea (1841), Conrad (1853), Küster (1861), Sowerby (1866), Lewis (1871), Lewis (1872), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) argenteusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Lampsilis) argenteusAdams & Adams (1857)
Unio (sec. Lampsilis) argenteusPaetel (1890)
Pleurobema (s.s.) argenteaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) argenteumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviforme argenteumOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) argenteaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema oviformeBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Pleurobema oviformisR.I. Johnson (1980)

Unio mundus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 83.
Lea, 1866, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 40 [44], pl. 14, fig. 38.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84767, Tuscumbia, Ala.

Unio mundusLea (1857), Reeve (1864), Lea (1866), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) mundusLea (1870)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonensisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonenseSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviforme holstonenseOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) mundaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema oviformeBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio tesserulae Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392 [as ‘tesserulæ’].
Lea, 1866, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 40 [44], pl. 15, fig. 39 [as ‘tesserulæ’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84426, Nolachucky R., Tenn.

Unio tesserulaeLea (1861)
Unio tesserulæLea (1866), Lewis (1871), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) tesserulæLea (1870)
Pleurobema (s.s.) tesserulaeSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviforme holstonenseOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) tesserulaeFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema oviformeParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio striatissimus J.G. Anthony, 1865
J.G. Anthony, 1865, Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 156, pl. 12, fig. 1.

Unio striatissimusJ.G. Anthony (1865), Sowerby (1868)
Margaron (Unio) estabrookianusLea (1870)
Pleurobema (s.s.) estabrookianaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) estabrookianumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviforme argenteumOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) striatissimaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Fusconaia barnesianaParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Pleurobema oviformeParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Pleuronaia barnesianaWilliams et al. (2008)

Unio rudis Conrad, 1837
Conrad, 1837, Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(8): 76, pl. 43, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 257.
(new name for Unio ravenelianus Lea, 1834)

Unio rudisConrad (1837), Conrad (1837), Conrad (1853), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) ravenelianusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio ravenelianusKüster (1862)
Pleurobema (s.s.) rubellaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) rubellumSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema rubellumHaas (1969), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Pleurobema oviformeParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio patulus Conrad, 1838
‘Lea’ Conrad, 1838, Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(10): 92, pl. 50, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Unio patulus Lea, 1829)

Unio patulusConrad (1838)
Margaron (Unio) patulusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Pleurobema (s.s.) clavaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema oviformeOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924)
Pleurobema (s.s.) oviformisFrierson (1927)

Unio holstonensis Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 212 [50], pl. 15, fig. 27.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84641, Holston R., Tenn.

Unio holstonensisLea (1840), Conrad (1853), Küster (1862), Lewis (1871), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) holstonensisLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Lampsilis) holstonensisAdams & Adams (1857)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonensisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonenseSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviforme holstonenseOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Pleurobema (s.s.) oviformisFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema oviformeHaas (1969), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Pleurobema oviformisR.I. Johnson (1980)

Unio decisus Küster, 1852
‘Lea’ Küster, 1852, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 41, pl. 8, fig. 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio decisus Lea, 1831)

Unio decisusKüster (1852)
Pleurobema (s.s.) ravenelianaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) ravenelianumSimpson (1914)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) argenteaFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema oviformeParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio lesleyi Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 352, pl. 58, fig. 177.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84759, Kentucky.

Unio lesleyiLea (1860), Lewis (1871), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) lesleyiLea (1870)
Pleurobema (s.s.) lesleyiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviformeOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) argenteaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)

Unio clinchensis Lea, 1867
Lea, 1867, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 19: 81.
Lea, 1868, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 278 [38], pl. 37, fig. 91.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84596, Clinch R., Tenn.

Unio clinchensisLea (1867), Lewis (1871), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) clinchensisLea (1870)
Pleurobema (s.s.) cuneolusSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) clinchenseSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviformeOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) cuneolaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) cuneolusHaas (1969)
Fusconaia cuneolusBurch (1975)

Unio planior Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 145.
Lea, 1868, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 316 [76], pl. 50, fig. 129.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84391, Tennessee.

Unio planiorLea (1868), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) planiorLea (1870)
Pleurobema (s.s.) planiorSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) planiusSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviforme argenteumOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) striatissimaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema oviformeParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

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.

Unio acuensLea (1871), B.H. Wright (1888), Pilsbry & Rhoads (1896)
Unio (sec. Lampsilis) accuensPaetel (1890)
Pleurobema (s.s.) acuensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviforme holstonenseOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) tesserulaeFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema oviformeParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio lawii Lea, 1871
Lea, 1871, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 189.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 8 [12], pl. 2, fig. 4.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84757, Holston R., Tenn.

Unio lawiiLea (1871), B.H. Wright (1888)
Unio lawiPilsbry & Rhoads (1896)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonensisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonenseSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviforme holstonenseOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) mundaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema oviformeBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio pattinoides Lea, 1871
Lea, 1871, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 193.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 16 [20], pl. 4, fig. 12.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84763, Holston R., Tenn.

Unio pattinoidesLea (1871), B.H. Wright (1888)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonensisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonenseSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviforme holstonenseOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) mundaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema oviformeParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio bellulus Lea, 1872
Lea, 1872, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 161.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 50 [54], pl. 17, fig. 48.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84772, Mussel Shoals, Tenn R., Alabama.

Unio bellulusLea (1872), B.H. Wright (1888)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonensisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonenseSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviforme holstonenseOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) mundaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema oviformeBurch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio brevis Lea, 1872
Lea, 1872, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 157.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 35 [39], pl. 12, fig. 32.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84546, Conasauga R., E. Tenn.

Unio brevisLea (1872), B.H. Wright (1888)
Pleurobema (s.s.) brevisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) breveSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviforme argenteumOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) striatissimaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema oviformeParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio conasaugaensis Lea, 1872
Lea, 1872, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 155.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 33 [37], pl. 10, fig. 30.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_85565, Conasauga Cr., Monroe Co., E. Tenn.

Unio conasaugaensisLea (1872)
Unio conasangœnsisB.H. Wright (1888)
Pleurobema (s.s.) conasaugaensisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) conasaugaenseSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviformeOrtmann (1918), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) striatissimaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)

Unio clavus Call, 1885
‘Lamarck’ Call, 1885, unknown publication: ??.
(misidentified reference to Unio clava Lamarck, 1819)

Unio clavusCall (1885)
Pleurobema oviformeOrtmann (1924)

Unio conasangœnsis B.H. Wright, 1888
‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888, Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2].
(error for Unio conasaugaensis Lea, 1872)

Unio conasangœnsisB.H. Wright (1888)

Unio accuens Paetel, 1890
‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890, Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 143.
(error for Unio acuens Lea, 1871)

Unio accuensPaetel (1890)

Unio swordianus S.H. Wright, 1897
S.H. Wright, 1897, Nautilus 11: 4.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_149654, Br. of Clinch River, Va.

Unio swordianusS.H. Wright (1897)
Pleurobema (s.s.) swordianaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema swordianaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) swordianumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviforme argenteumOrtmann (1918)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) striatissimaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema oviformeParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Pleurobema swordiana Simpson, 1900
‘Wright’ Simpson, 1900, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 81, pl. 4, fig. 4.
(reference to Unio swordianus S.H. Wright, 1897)

Pleurobema swordianaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) swordianaSimpson (1900)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) validaFrierson (1927)

Pleurobema fassinans Ortmann, 1913
‘Lea’ Ortmann, 1913, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 52(210): 310.
‘Lea’ Ortmann, 1914, Nautilus 28(3): 31.
(misidentified reference to Unio fassinans Lea, 1868)

Pleurobema fassinansOrtmann (1913)
Pleurobema oviforme argenteumOrtmann (1918)
Pleurobema oviformeParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Pleurobema (s.s.) oviformisSimpson (1900), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema (s.s.) ravenelianaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) rubellaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) clavaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonensisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) argenteaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) lesleyiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) tesserulaeSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) estabrookianaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) cuneolusSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) planiorSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) acuensSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) brevisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) conasaugaensisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) swordianaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema swordianaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema fassinansOrtmann (1913)
Pleurobema (s.s.) oviformeSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) ravenelianumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) rubellumSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Pleurobema (s.s.) holstonenseSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) argenteumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) estabrookianumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) clinchenseSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) planiusSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) breveSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) conasaugaenseSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) swordianumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema oviformeOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Haas (1969), ..., Wu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024)
Pleurobema oviforme holstonenseOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Pleurobema oviforme argenteumOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) ravenelianaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) argenteaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) mundaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) tesserulaeFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) striatissimaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) cuneolaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) validaFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema rubellumHaas (1969), Parmalee & Bogan (1998)
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) cuneolusHaas (1969)
Fusconaia cuneolusBurch (1975)
Pleurobema oviformisR.I. Johnson (1980), Lopes-Lima et al. (2019)
Fusconaia barnesianaParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Pleuronaia barnesianaWilliams et al. (2008)

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