The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Platynaias subviridis

nominal species Unio pygmaeus Lea, 1852

Lea, 1852, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 252 [as ‘pygmæus’]. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1852, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 262, pl. 15, fig. 14 [as ‘pygmæus’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85240, Abbeville District, SC.

= Platynaias subviridis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lasmigona subviridis (Conrad, 1835) — Burch, 1975
+ Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis (Conrad, 1835) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
= Elliptio (s.s.) pygmaeus (Lea, 1852) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) pygmaeus (Lea, 1852) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) pygamæus [sic] Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) pygmaeus Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio pygmæus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) pygmæus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio pygmœus [sic] Lea — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) pygmæus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

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