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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema rubellum
nominal species Pleurobema avellana Simpson, 1900
Pleurobema avellana Simpson, 1900 = Pleurobema rubellum
Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 81, pl. 2, figs. 6-7.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 758.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 778.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE UMMZ_79653, Cahaba River, Alabama.
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Pleurobema rubellum (Conrad, 1834) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 19.
+ Pleurobema rubellum (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2017: 41.
= Pleurobema avellanum Simpson, 1900 — ITIS, 2012: [web].
= Pleurobema avellanum — Cummings & Graf, 2010: 377.
+ Pleurobema rubellum (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008: 562.
= Pleurobema avellanum Simpson, 1900 — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 307.
= Pleurobema avellanum Simpson, 1900 — IUCN, 2000: [web].
= Pleurobema avellanum Simpson — Lydeard et al., 1999: 129.
= Pleurobema avellanum Simpson, 1900 — Turgeon et al., 1998: 36.
= Pleurobema avellanum Simpson, 1900 — Williams et al., 1993: 13.
= Pleurobema avellanum Simpson, 1900 — Turgeon et al., 1988: 32.
= Pleurobema avellanum Simpson, 1900 — Burch, 1975: 12.
= Pleurobema avellana Simpson, 1900 — Haas, 1969: 260.
= Pleurobema (s.s.) avellana (Simpson, 1900) — Frierson, 1927: 42, sp. 185.
= Pleurobema (s.s.) avellana Simpson, 1900 — Simpson, 1914: 778.
= Pleurobema (s.s.) avellana Simpson, 1900 — Simpson, 1900: 758.
= Pleurobema avellana Simpson — Simpson, 1900: 81, pl. 2, figs. 6-7.
