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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Fusconaia masoni

nominal species Unio castus Lea, 1860

Lea, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 349 [31], pl. 57, fig. 174.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84782, S.C.

= Fusconaia masoni

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Fusconaia masoni (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975
+ Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoni (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
= Lexingtonia casta (Lea, 1860) — Haas, 1969
= Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) castum (Lea, 1860) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) merus Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio castus Lea — de Gregorio, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) merus Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio castus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) castus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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