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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Fusconaia brachyopistha

nominal species Unio brachyopisthus White, 1876

Unio brachyopisthus White, 1876 = Fusconaia brachyopistha

White, 1876. Geol. Uinta Mts.: 102.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Fusconaia brachyopisthus (White, 1876) — Modell, 1957: 186.

= Unio brachyopisthus White — Henderson, 1935: 82.

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