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

nominal species Unio charlottensis Lea, 1863

Unio charlottensis Lea, 1863 = Platynaias decorata

Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 191.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 8 [12], pl. 2, fig. 5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85402, near Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina.

= 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) charlottensis (Lea, 1863) — Haas, 1969

= Lasmigona (Platynaias) charlottensis (Lea, 1863) — Frierson, 1927

= Symphynota (s.s.) charlottensis (Lea, 1863) — Simpson, 1914

= Symphynota (s.s.) charlottensis (Lea, 1863) — Simpson, 1900

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

= Margaron (Unio) charlottensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio charlottensis Lea, 1863 — Lea, 1866