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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

nominal species Unio ellipsiformis Conrad, 1836

Conrad, 1836, Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(7): 60, pl. 34, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_42114, Michigan.

= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Taxonomic Opinions

= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Dai et al., 2025
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Chen et al., 2025
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — FMCS, 2025
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Wu et al., 2024
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Dai et al., 2024
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Dai et al., 2024
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Wu et al., 2024
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Dai et al., 2023
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Hopper et al., 2023
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Hauck et al., 2023
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Wu et al., 2023
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Wu et al., 2022
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Mejia-Trujillo & Smith, 2022
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Zieritz et al., 2021
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Gomes-dos-Santos et al., 2021
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — FMCS, 2021
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Smith, 2021
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Wu et al., 2021
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Fukata & Iigo, 2020
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Wu et al., 2020
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Wu et al., 2020
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Teiga-Teixeira et al., 2020
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Rogers et al., 2020
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Huang et al., 2019
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Wu et al., 2019
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Froufe et al., 2019
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Smith et al., 2019
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Guerra et al., 2019
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Soroka & Burzynski, 2018
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Watters, 2018
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Huang et al., 2018
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Wang et al., 2018
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Chase et al., 2018
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Burzynski & Soroka, 2018
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Aunins et al., 2018
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Wang et al., 2018
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Renaut et al., 2018
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Wu et al., 2018
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Guerra et al., 2017
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Burzynski et al., 2017
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Williams et al., 2017
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Amaro et al., 2017
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Wen et al., 2017
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Xue et al., 2016
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Zhou et al., 2016
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Wu et al., 2016
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Lane et al., 2016
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Mitchell et al., 2016
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Fonseca et al., 2016
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Froufe et al., 2015
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Soroka & Burzynski, 2014
= V. ellipsiformis — Sheng et al., 2014
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Gangloff et al., 2013
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Zanatta & Harris, 2013
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Huang et al., 2013
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012
= Actinonaias ellipsiformis Conrad — ITIS, 2012
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — ITIS, 2012
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Haag, 2012
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — IUCN, 2012
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — McMurray et al., 2012
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Chen et al., 2012
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Breton et al., 2011
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Plazzi et al., 2011
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Conrad, 1836 — Bogan, 2010
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Soroka & Burzynski, 2010
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Soroka, 2010
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Cummings & Graf, 2010
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Soroka, 2010
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Breton et al., 2009
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Chakrabarti et al., 2009
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Watters et al., 2009
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Chapman et al., 2008
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Chapman et al., 2008
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Zanatta & Murphy, 2007
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Tiemann et al., 2007
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Zanatta & Murphy, 2006
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Chakrabarti et al., 2006
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Campbell et al., 2005
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis — Sietman, 2003
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Turgeon et al., 1998
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Cummings & Mayer, 1997
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad) — Williams et al., 1993
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Cummings & Mayer, 1992
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Turgeon et al., 1988
= Venustaconcha ellipsiformis ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Oesch, 1984
= Actinonaias ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — R.I. Johnson, 1980
= Actinonaias ellipsiformis — Gordon et al., 1979
= Actinonaias ellipsiformis (Conrad) — Mathiak, 1979
= Actinonaias ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Burch, 1975
= Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Haas, 1969
= Ligumia (Micromya) ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — F.C. Baker, 1928
= Lampsilis (Venusta) ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Frierson, 1927
= Eurynia (Micromya) ellipsiformis (Conr.) — Ortmann, 1918
= Nephronaias ellipsiformis (Conrad) — Utterback, 1916
= Lampsilis (Eurynia) ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) — Simpson, 1914
= Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ellipsiformis Conrad — Simpson, 1900
= Unio ellipsiformis Con. — B.H. Wright, 1888
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
= Unio ellipsiformis Conrad, 1836 — Conrad, 1836

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