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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 occulta (Lea, 1843): nominal species
     6 specimens available.

Unio occultus Lea, 1843
Lea, 1843, [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 279 [37], pl. 41, fig. 7.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85247, Lake Monroe, Fla.

Unio occultusLea (1843), Küster (1861), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) occultusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Hyridella) occultusAdams & Adams (1857)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) occultusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) occultusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio strigosusClench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio occultaWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Unio fuscatus Lea, 1843
Lea, 1843, [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 277 [35], pl. 40, fig. 4.
(homonym of Unio (Elliptio) viridis var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1820; renamed Unio rafinesquei Vanatta, 1915)
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85243, Black Cr., Fla.

Unio fuscatusLea (1843), Conrad (1853), Küster (1861), Reeve (1865), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) fuscatusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Hyridella) fuscatusAdams & Adams (1857)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) fuscatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio rafinesqueiVanatta (1915)
Elliptio rafinesqueiOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Elliptio (s.s.) fuscatusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio occultaWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio lehmanii S.H. Wright, 1897
S.H. Wright, 1897, Nautilus 10(12): 138.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_149650, St. Marys Riv., [Nassau Co.]., Florida.

Unio lehmaniiS.H. Wright (1897)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) lehmaniiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio lehmaniSimpson (1900)
Elliptio (s.s.) lehmaniFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) lehmaniiHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) crassidens crassidensR.I. Johnson (1970)
Elliptio (s.s.) crassidensBurch (1975)
Elliptio crassidensParmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)
Elliptio occultaWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio dispalans B.H. Wright, 1899
B.H. Wright, 1899, Nautilus 13: 50.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_159986, Suwanee R., Fla.

Unio dispalansB.H. Wright (1899), Simpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) dispalansSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (Uniomerus) dispalansFrierson (1927)
Uniomerus dispalansHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio occultaWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio fryanus B.H. Wright, 1888
B.H. Wright, 1888, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 40: 113, pl. 2, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_151032, Lake Ashby, Volusia Co., Fla.

Unio fryanusB.H. Wright (1888), B.H. Wright (1888)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) coruscus var. fryanusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) coruscus-fryanusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) coruscusHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio occultaWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio burtchianus S.H. Wright, 1897
S.H. Wright, 1897, Nautilus 10(12): 137.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_149653, St. Marys Riv., [Nassau Co.]., Florida.

Unio burtchianusS.H. Wright (1897), Simpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) burtchianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) lehmaniFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) lehmaniiHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio occultaWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio rafinesquei Vanatta, 1915
Vanatta, 1915, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 559.
(new name for Unio fuscatus Lea, 1843)

Unio rafinesqueiVanatta (1915)
Elliptio rafinesqueiOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaBurch (1975)
Elliptio occultaWilliams et al. (2014)

Unio accultus Clench & Turner, 1956
‘Lea’ Clench & Turner, 1956, Bull. Fla. State Mus. 1: 166.
(error for Unio occultus Lea, 1843)

Unio accultusClench & Turner (1956)

Unio lehmanni Watters et al., 2009
‘Wright’ Watters et al., 2009, Freshw. Mussels OH: 82.
(error for Unio lehmanii S.H. Wright, 1897)

Unio lehmanniWatters et al. (2009)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) fuscatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) occultusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) coruscus var. fryanusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) burtchianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio burtchianusSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) lehmaniiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio lehmaniSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) dispalansSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio dispalansSimpson (1900)
Unio rafinesqueiVanatta (1915)
Elliptio rafinesqueiOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Elliptio (s.s.) fuscatusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) occultusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) coruscus-fryanusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) lehmaniFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Uniomerus) dispalansFrierson (1927)
Elliptio strigosusClench & Turner (1956)
Unio accultusClench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) coruscusHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lehmaniiHaas (1969)
Uniomerus dispalansHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio (s.s.) crassidens crassidensR.I. Johnson (1970)
Elliptio (s.s.) crassidensBurch (1975)
Elliptio crassidensParmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)
Unio lehmanniWatters et al. (2009)
Elliptio occultaWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

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