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nominal species Margaron (Unio) fascinans Lea, 1870

Margaron (Unio) fascinans Lea, 1870 = Pleuronaia barnesiana

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2].
Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 502 [as ‘Unio fascinans’].
(error for Unio fassinans Lea, 1868)

= Pleuronaia barnesiana

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Fusconaia barnesiana bigbyensis (Lea, 1841) — Ortmann, 1918

= Unio fascinans Lea — Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896

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

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