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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Toxolasma lividum

nominal species Unio maestus Lea, 1842


‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1842, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 244 [82], pl. 26, fig. 60 [as ‘mæstus’].
Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31 [as ‘mæstus’].
B.H. Wright, 1888, Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3] [as ‘mæstus’].
(error for Unio moestus Lea, 1841)

= Toxolasma lividum

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Toxolasma lividum (Rafinesque, 1831) — Bieler, 2021
+ Toxolasma lividum (Rafinesque, 1831) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Carunculina glans (Lea, 1831) — Frierson, 1927
+ Lampsilis (Carunculina) mœstus (Lea, 1841) — Simpson, 1900

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