MolluscaBase - Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834)

(of Unio oviformis Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus Anculotus of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16346317
page(s): 46, pl. 3, fig. 6 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857365 on 2025-03-27

Taxonomic edit history

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original description (of Unio swordianus S. H. Wright, 1897) Wright, S. H. (1897). Contribution to a knowledge of United States Unionidae [continued]. The Nautilus. 11(1): 4-5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1774647
page(s): 4 [details]

original description (of Unio argenteus I. Lea, 1841) Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [twenty-two new species of fresh water and land shells of the United States, chiefly from Alabama and Tennessee]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 2(19): 81-83 [on or before 16 November 1841 teste Scudder (1885: 34)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521509
page(s): 82 [details]

original description (of Unio conasaugaensis I. Lea, 1872) Lea, I. (1872). Descriptions of twenty-nine species of Unionidae from the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 24: 155-161 [3 September 1872]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1693462
page(s): 155 [details]

original description (of Unio clinchensis I. Lea, 1867) Lea, I. (1867). Descriptions of five new species of Unionidae and one Paludina of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 19: 81 [after 28 May 1867, before 20 July 1867]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288818
page(s): 81 [details]

original description (of Unio oviformis Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus Anculotus of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16346317
page(s): 46, pl. 3, fig. 6 [details]

original description (of Unio ravenelianus I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 32, pl. 3, fig. 5 [details]

original description (of Unio holstonensis I. Lea, 1840) Lea, I. (1840). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 1(13): 284-289 [6 November]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34513003
page(s): 288 [details]

original description (of Unio mundus I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of six new species of uniones from Alabama. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 83 [after 31 March 1857, before 7 January 1858]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330347
page(s): 83 [details]

original description (of Unio lesleyi I. Lea, 1860) Lea, I. (1860). Descriptions of seven new species of Unionidae from the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 12: 306-307 [7 August 1860]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1801247
page(s): 306 [details]

original description (of Unio tesserulae I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Descriptions of eleven new species of the genus Unio from the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 13: 391-393 [after 31 December 1861; before 31 March 1862]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683520
page(s): 392 [details]

original description (of Unio striatissimus J. G. Anthony, 1865) Anthony, J. G (1865). Descriptions of new species of North American Unionidae. American Journal of Conchology, 1(2): 155-164, plates 13-18 [details]

original description (of Unio planior I. Lea, 1868) Lea, I. (1868). Description of sixteen new species of the genus Unio of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 20: 143-145 [after 28 April 1868, before 9 November 1868]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9768292
page(s): 145 [details]

original description (of Unio acuens I. Lea, 1871) Lea, I. (1871). Descriptions of twenty new species of uniones of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 23: 189-193 [24 October 1871]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5512017
page(s): 190 [details]

original description (of Unio lawii I. Lea, 1871) Lea, I. (1871). Descriptions of twenty new species of uniones of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 23: 189-193 [24 October 1871]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5512017
page(s): 189 [details]

original description (of Unio pattinoides I. Lea, 1871) Lea, I. (1871). Descriptions of twenty new species of uniones of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 23: 189-193 [24 October 1871]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5512017
page(s): 193 [details]

original description (of Unio bellulus I. Lea, 1872) Lea, I. (1872). Descriptions of twenty-nine species of Unionidae from the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 24: 155-161 [3 September 1872]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1693462
page(s): 161 [details]

original description (of Unio brevis I. Lea, 1872) Lea, I. (1872). Descriptions of twenty-nine species of Unionidae from the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 24: 155-161 [3 September 1872]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1693462
page(s): 157 [details]

basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 908 pp. [details]

additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]