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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Fusconaia

species Fusconaia masoni (Conrad, 1834): nominal species
     7 specimens available.

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 masoniConrad (1834), Ferussac (1835), Conrad (1836), Hanley (1843), Küster (1848), Conrad (1853), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margarita (Unio) masoniLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Margaron (Unio) masoniLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Obovaria) masoniAdams & Adams (1857)
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), ..., Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)

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 subplanusConrad (1837), Conrad (1853), Hanley (1856), Küster (1862), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) subplanusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (NiƤa) subplanusAdams & Adams (1857)
Unio subplanumSowerby (1866)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) subplanusSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) subplanumSimpson (1914)
Lexingtonia subplanaOrtmann (1914), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), ..., 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 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.

Unio utriculusLea (1845), Conrad (1853), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) utriculusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
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 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 castusLea (1860), B.H. Wright (1888), de Gregorio (1914)
Margaron (Unio) castusLea (1870)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) merusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) castumFrierson (1927)
Lexingtonia castaHaas (1969)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoniR.I. Johnson (1970)
Fusconaia masoniBurch (1975)

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 pumilisLea (1836)

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.

Unio pumilusLea (1838), Hanley (1843), Sowerby (1866), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margarita (Unio) pumilisLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Margaron (Unio) pumilisLea (1852)
Unio pumilisConrad (1853)
Unio (Lampsilis) pumilusAdams & Adams (1857)
Margaron (Unio) pumilusLea (1870)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) pumilaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) subplanumFrierson (1927)
Lexingtonia subplanaHaas (1969)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoniR.I. Johnson (1970)
Fusconaia masoniBurch (1975)

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 merusLea (1852), Conrad (1853), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) merusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
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 striatulusLea (1857), Sowerby (1868), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) striatulusLea (1870)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) striatulusSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) striatulumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) subplanumFrierson (1927)
Lexingtonia subplanaHaas (1969)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoniR.I. Johnson (1970)
Fusconaia masoniBurch (1975)

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._ ?

Unio pumilusSowerby (1866)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) pumilaSimpson (1900)
Parreysia robsoniFrierson (1927)
Parreysia favidensHaas (1969)
Fusconaia masoniBolotov et al. (2022)

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 brimleyiS.H. Wright (1897), Simpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) brimleyiSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) brimleyiSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) subplanumFrierson (1927)
Lexingtonia subplanaHaas (1969)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) masoniR.I. Johnson (1970)
Fusconaia masoniBurch (1975)

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

Unio castusSimpson (1900)
Elliptio (s.s.) masoniFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)

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)

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 castusSimpson (1900), de Gregorio (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) brimleyiSimpson (1900)
Unio brimleyiSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) subplanumSimpson (1914)
Lexingtonia subplanaOrtmann (1914), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), ..., Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Jones (2015)
Pleurobema (s.s.) utriculumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) striatulumSimpson (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), ..., Graf & Cummings (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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