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nominal species Unio merus Lea, 1852

image of type lot

Unio merus Lea, 1852 = Fusconaia masoni

specimen image from publicationLea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 260 [16], pl. 15, fig. 10.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85698, Abbeville District, S.C.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Fusconaia masoni (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975: 167.

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

+ Elliptio (s.s.) masoni (Conrad, 1834) — Haas, 1969: 216.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) masoni (Conrad, 1834) — Frierson, 1927: 25.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) merus Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1914: 612.

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

= Unio merus Lea, 1852 — B.H. Wright, 1888: [4].

= Margaron (Unio) merus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 54.

= Unio merus Lea, 1852 — Conrad, 1853: 252.

= Margaron (Unio) merus (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 33, Corrigenda et Addenda.