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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Platynaias species Platynaias decorata (Lea, 1852): synonymy
3 specimens + 3 Genbank vouchers Unio decoratus Lea, 1852
  Lea, 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.
Symphynota (s.s.) decorata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorata — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis — R.I. Johnson (1970)
Lasmigona subviridis — Burch (1975)
Lasmigona decorata — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hata et al. (2022), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Platynaias decorata — FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) | |
Unio charlottensis Lea, 1863
 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.
Symphynota (s.s.) charlottensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) charlottensis — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis — R.I. Johnson (1970)
Lasmigona subviridis — Burch (1975)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorata — Clarke (1985) | |
Unio insolidus Lea, 1872
 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.
Symphynota (s.s.) decorata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorata — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Clarke (1985)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis — R.I. Johnson (1970)
Lasmigona subviridis — Burch (1975) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Symphynota (s.s.) decorata — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Symphynota (s.s.) charlottensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorata — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) charlottensis — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis — R.I. Johnson (1970)
Lasmigona subviridis — Burch (1975)
Lasmigona decorata — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hata et al. (2022), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Platynaias decorata — FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
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