original description
Lea, I. (1838). Description of new freshwater and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> new ser., 6: 1-154, plates 1-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26881423
page(s): 23, pl. 7, fig. 17 [details]
basis of record
Campbell, D. C. & Lydeard, C. (2012). Molecular systematics of <i>Fusconaia</i> (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae). <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 30 (1): 1-17. [details]
additional source
InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
additional source
Fuller, S. L. H. (1972). Type locality of <i>Unio pumilus</i> Lea, 1838 (Unionidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 86(2-4): 72-73, fig. 1 (map)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8511585 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Black River [Cape Fear River System, South River drainage], on the road to Fayetteville from Smithfield [=about 5 miles NE Erwin and about 4 miles ESE Coats, Harnett County] (See Fuller, 1972) [details]