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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 | Elliptio

species Elliptio folliculata (Lea, 1838): nominal species
     4 specimens available.

Unio folliculatus Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 38, pl. 11, fig. 33.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85861, Savannah R., S.C.

Unio folliculatusLea (1838), Hanley (1843), Conrad (1853), Adams & Adams (1857), Küster (1861), Sowerby (1868), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margarita (Unio) folliculatusLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Margaron (Unio) folliculatusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) folliculatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) folliculatusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio lanceolataDavis et al. (1981)
Elliptio folliculataKat (1983), Davis (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ..., Inoue et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Elliptio folliculatusPerkins et al. (2017)

Unio attenuatus Lea, 1872
Lea, 1872, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 157.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 41 [45], pl. 14, fig. 38.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85974, Beaver Cr., Houston Co., Ga.

Unio attenuatusLea (1872), B.H. Wright (1888)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) attenuatusSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) folliculatusSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) folliculatusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)

Unio exacutus Lea, 1872
Lea, 1872, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 159.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 45 [49], pl. 15, fig. 43.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85862, Savannah R., at Gov. Hamilton’s, Georgia.

Unio exacutusLea (1872), B.H. Wright (1888)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) folliculatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) folliculatusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)

Unio rostellum Lea, 1872
Lea, 1872, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 160.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 44 [48], pl. 15, fig. 41.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85972, Macon, Ga.

Unio rostellumLea (1872), B.H. Wright (1888)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) folliculatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) folliculatusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) folliculatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) attenuatusSimpson (1900)
Elliptio (s.s.) folliculatusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio lanceolataDavis et al. (1981)
Elliptio folliculataKat (1983), Davis (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ..., Inoue et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Elliptio folliculatusPerkins et al. (2017)

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