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

nominal species Unio brimleyi S.H. Wright, 1897

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Unio brimleyi S.H. Wright, 1897 = Fusconaia masoni

S.H. Wright, 1897. Nautilus 10(12): 138.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_149651, Neuse Riv., Raleigh, N.C.

= Fusconaia masoni

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Fusconaia masoni (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975

+ Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoni (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Lexingtonia subplana (Conrad, 1834) — Haas, 1969

+ Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) subplanum (Conrad, 1837) — Frierson, 1927

= Pleurobema (s.s.) brimleyi (Wright, S.H., 1897) — Simpson, 1914

+ Ortmann, 1914

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) brimleyi Wright, S.H., 1897 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio brimleyi S.H. Wright — Simpson, 1900

 
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