Marine Species Traits - Unio (Pleurobema) Rafinesque, 1819

Traits name details

Unio (Pleurobema) Rafinesque, 1819

AphiaID

857179 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857179)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original rank)

Accepted name

Pleurobema Rafinesque, 1819

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Unio Philipsson, 1788

Original name

Unio (Pleurobema) Rafinesque, 1819

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Species Unio (Pleurobema) alixus Dall, 1913 † accepted as Pleurobema alixus (Dall, 1913) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Rafinesque, C. S. (1819). Prodrome. De 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. <em>Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts.</em> 88: 417-429., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6172335
page(s): 427 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Unio (Pleurobema) Rafinesque, 1819. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857179 on 2025-09-15

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Unio (Pleurobema) Rafinesque, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857179 on 2025-09-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-10-16 11:29:06Z

created

Bieler, Rüdiger

2015-12-27 04:54:28Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-06-29 08:20:27Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Sources (2)

original description Rafinesque, C. S. (1819). Prodrome. De 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. <em>Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts.</em> 88: 417-429., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6172335
page(s): 427 [details]

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