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nominal species Unio decoratus Lea, 1852

image of type lot

Unio decoratus Lea, 1852 = Platynaias decorata

specimen image from publicationLea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 257, pl. 13, fig. 6.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_83972, Abbeville, S. Carolina.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Platynaias decorata (Lea, 1852) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 293.

= Lasmigona decorataPerkins et al., 2025: Table S1.

= Platynaias decorata (Lea, 1852) — FMCS, 2025: [5].

= Lasmigona decorata (Lea, 1852) — Hopper et al., 2023.

= Lasmigona decorata (Lea) — Hata et al., 2022: 2636.

= Lasmigona decorata (Lea, 1852) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 15.

= Lasmigona decorata (Lea, 1852) — FMCS, 2021: [4].

= Lasmigona decorataInoue et al., 2018: Table S2.

= Lasmigona decorata (Lea, 1852) — Williams et al., 2017: 40.

= Lasmigona decorata (I. Lea, 1852) — ITIS, 2012: [web].

= Lasmigona decorataHaag, 2012: 74.

= Lasmigona decorata Lea, 1852 — Bogan, 2010: [19].

= Lasmigona decorataCummings & Graf, 2010: 375.

= Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorata (Lea, 1852) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 305.

= Lasmigona decorata (Lea, 1852) — Bogan, 2002: 11.

= Lasmigona decorata (Lea, 1852) — Turgeon et al., 1998: 35.

= Lasmigona decorata I. Lea, 1852 — IUCN, 1996: [web].

= Lasmigona decorata (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993: 13.

= Lasmigona decorata (Lea, 1852) — Turgeon et al., 1988: 31.

= Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorata (Lea, 1852) — Clarke, 1985: 57, figs. 18-19.

+ Lasmigona subviridis (Conrad, 1835) — Burch, 1975: 162.

+ Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis (Conrad, 1835) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 344.

= Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorata (Lea, 1852) — Haas, 1969: 608.

= Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorata (Lea, 1852) — Frierson, 1927: 20, sp. 31.

= Symphynota (s.s.) decorata (Lea, 1852) — Simpson, 1914: 486.

= Symphynota (s.s.) decorata (Lea, 1852) — Simpson, 1900: 664.

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

= Margaron (Unio) decoratus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 29.

= Unio decoratus Lea, 1852 — Sowerby, 1868: pl. 91, sp. 496.

= Unio (Metaptera) decoratus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857: 498.

= Unio decoratus Lea, 1852 — Conrad, 1853: 248.

= Margaron (Unio) decoratus (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 19.