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nominal species Unio castus Lea, 1860

Unio castus Lea, 1860 = Fusconaia masoni

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.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Fusconaia masoni (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975: 160.

+ Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoni (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 301.

= Lexingtonia casta (Lea, 1860) — Haas, 1969: 249.

= Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) castum (Lea, 1860) — Frierson, 1927: 45, sp. 200.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) merus Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1914: 613.

= Unio castus Lea — de Gregorio, 1914: 57.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) merus Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1900: 708.

= Unio castus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [2].

= Margaron (Unio) castus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 40.