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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema clava

nominal species Unio (Aximedia) elliptica Rafinesque, 1820


Rafinesque, 1818, Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus ellipticus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 296 [also as ‘Elliptio elliptica’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 42.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20213, [no locality available - North America].

= Pleurobema clava

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975
+ Obovaria (s.s.) subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969
+ Obovaria (s.s.) subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927
+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Pleurobema clava Lam. — Vanatta, 1915
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (Limnium sec. Aximedia) ellipticus Rafinesqu — Fischer, 1887
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1836
= Unio elliptica Raf. — Ferussac, 1835
= Obliquaria (Aximedia) elliptica (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1831
= Unio (Aximedia) ellipticaRafinesque, 1820
= Potamilus ellipticus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1818

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