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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Platynaias decorata

nominal species Unio insolidus Lea, 1872

Unio insolidus Lea, 1872 = Platynaias decorata

Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 159.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 40 [44], pl. 13, fig. 37.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_83974, Irwin’s Cr., Mechlenburg Co., N.C.

= Platynaias decorata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorata (Lea, 1852) — Clarke, 1985

+ Lasmigona subviridis (Conrad, 1835) — Burch, 1975

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

+ Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorata (Lea, 1852) — Haas, 1969

+ Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorata (Lea, 1852) — Frierson, 1927

+ Symphynota (s.s.) decorata (Lea, 1852) — Simpson, 1914

+ Symphynota (s.s.) decorata (Lea, 1852) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio insolidus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888