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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Fusconaia

species Fusconaia masoni (Conrad, 1834): synonymy
     7 specimens + 2 Genbank vouchers

Unio masoni Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 34, pl. 5, fig. 2.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(3): 28, pl. 12, fig. 2.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 252.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) masoniSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) masoniFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoniR.I. Johnson (1970)
Fusconaia masoniBurch (1975), Davis & Fuller (1981), Johnson & Clarke (1983), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)

Unio pumilis Lea, 1836
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 20.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 17.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 24.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 255.
(error for Unio pumilus Lea, 1838)

Unio subplanus Conrad, 1837
Conrad, 1837. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(9): 73, pl. 41, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 258.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) subplanusSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) subplanumSimpson (1914)
Lexingtonia subplanaOrtmann (1914), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), ... Turgeon et al. (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Jones (2015)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) subplanumFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoniR.I. Johnson (1970)
Fusconaia masoniWilliams et al. (2008), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Fusconaia subplanaBogan (2010)

Unio pumilus Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 20 [as ‘pumilis’]. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 23, pl. 7, fig. 17.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84545, Black Cr., N.C.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) pumilaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) subplanumFrierson (1927)
Lexingtonia subplanaHaas (1969)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoniR.I. Johnson (1970)
Fusconaia masoniBurch (1975)

Unio utriculus Lea, 1845
Lea, 1845. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 164.
Lea, 1848. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 69 [43], pl. 1, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85172, N.C.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) utriculusSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) utriculumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) utriculumFrierson (1927)
Lexingtonia utriculusHaas (1969)
Lexingtonia utriculaGraf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Fusconaia masoniGraf & Cummings (2021)

Unio merus Lea, 1852
Lea, 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.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) merusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) masoniFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoniR.I. Johnson (1970)
Fusconaia masoniBurch (1975)

Unio striatulus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 86.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 55 [59], pl. 2, fig. 202.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84548, Roanoke R., Weldon, N.C.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) striatulusSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) striatulumSimpson (1914)
Ortmann (1914)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) subplanumFrierson (1927)
Lexingtonia subplanaHaas (1969)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoniR.I. Johnson (1970)
Fusconaia masoniBurch (1975)

Unio castus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 349 [31], pl. 57, fig. 174.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84782, S.C.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) merusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio castusde Gregorio (1914)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) castumFrierson (1927)
Lexingtonia castaHaas (1969)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoniR.I. Johnson (1970)
Fusconaia masoniBurch (1975)

Unio brimleyi S.H. Wright, 1897
S.H. Wright, 1897. Nautilus 10(12): 138.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_149651, Neuse Riv., Raleigh, N.C.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) brimleyiSimpson (1900)
Unio brimleyiSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) brimleyiSimpson (1914)
Ortmann (1914)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) subplanumFrierson (1927)
Lexingtonia subplanaHaas (1969)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoniR.I. Johnson (1970)
Fusconaia masoniBurch (1975)

Parreysia robsoni Frierson, 1927
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 198 [as ‘Unio pumilus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 45.
(new name for Unio pumilus Sowerby, 1866)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965150, Loc._ ?

Parreysia robsoniFrierson (1927)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969)
Fusconaia masoniBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio pumilus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 198.
(reference to Unio pumilus Lea, 1838)
Type(s): BMNH_1965150, Loc._ ?

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) pumilaSimpson (1900)
Parreysia robsoniFrierson (1927)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969)
Fusconaia masoniBolotov et al. (2022)

Unio castus Simpson, 1900
‘Lea’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 708.
(reference to Unio castus Lea, 1860)

Elliptio (s.s.) masoniFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) masoniSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) subplanusSimpson (1900)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) pumilaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) utriculusSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) merusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) striatulusSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) brimleyiSimpson (1900)
Unio brimleyiSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) subplanumSimpson (1914)
Lexingtonia subplanaOrtmann (1914), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), ... Turgeon et al. (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Jones (2015)
de Gregorio (1914), Ortmann (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) utriculumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) striatulumSimpson (1914)
Unio castusde Gregorio (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) brimleyiSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) masoniFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) subplanumFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) utriculumFrierson (1927)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) castumFrierson (1927)
Parreysia robsoniFrierson (1927)
Lexingtonia utriculusHaas (1969)
Lexingtonia castaHaas (1969)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoniR.I. Johnson (1970)
Fusconaia masoniBurch (1975), Davis & Fuller (1981), Johnson & Clarke (1983), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Lexingtonia utriculaGraf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Fusconaia subplanaBogan (2010)

 
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