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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Fusconaia

species Fusconaia brachyopistha (White, 1876): synonymy

Synonymy

Unio brachyopisthus White, 1876

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

Unio brachyopisthus — Henderson (1935)
Fusconaia brachyopisthus — Modell (1957)

Unio brachiopisthus White, 1877

White, 1877. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 11: 218.

Unio brachyopisthus — Henderson (1935)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio brachyopisthus — Henderson (1935)
Fusconaia brachyopisthus — Modell (1957)

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