MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema oviforme
nominal species Unio acuens Lea, 1871
Unio acuens Lea, 1871 = Pleurobema oviforme
Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 190.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 27 [31], pl. 8, fig. 24.
LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_84599 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 10), Holston R., near Concord, E. Tenn.
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Schilling et al., 2025: 25, Table 13.
+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008: 545.
+ Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 186.
- UNASSIGNED — R.I. Johnson, 1974: 10.
holotype USNM_84599 — Holston [Tennessee] River, Concord [Knox Co.], Tennessee.
+ Quadrula (Pleuronaia) tesserulae (Lea) — Haas, 1969: 305.
+ Quadrula (Pleuronaia) tesserulae (Lea, 1862) — Frierson, 1927: 60.
+ Pleurobema oviforme holstonense (Lea, 1840) — Ortmann, 1918: 554.
= Pleurobema (Group of P. clava) acuens (Lea) — Simpson, 1914: 746.
= Pleurobema (s.s.) acuens Lea — Simpson, 1900: 749.
= Unio acuens Lea — Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896: 500.
= Unio (sec. Lampsilis) accuens [sic] Lea — Paetel, 1890: 143.
= Unio acuens Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [1].
