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nominal species Unio amabilis Lea, 1865

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Unio amabilis Lea, 1865 = Pleurobema pyriforme

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 89.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 257 [17], pl. 31, fig. 72.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84573, Butler, Taylor Co., Ga.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2014: 303.

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2011: 7.

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000: 64.

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Burch, 1975: 159.

= Pleurobema amabile (Lea, 1865) — Haas, 1969: 261.

+ Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857) — Clench & Turner, 1956: 163.

= Pleurobema (s.s.) amabile (Lea, 1865) — Frierson, 1927: 43, sp. 187.

+ Pleurobema modicum (Lea, 1857) — Ortmann, 1923: 82.

+ Pleurobema simpsoni Vanatta, 1915 — Ortmann & Walker, 1922: 27.

= Pleurobema (s.s.) amabile (Lea, 1865) — Simpson, 1914: 794.

+ Ortmann, 1914: 30.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) amabilis Lea, 1865 — Simpson, 1900: 720.

= Unio amabilis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [1].

= Margaron (Unio) amabilis (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 37.