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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio shepardiana

nominal species Unio shepardianus Lea, 1834

Lea, 1834, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 95 [207], pl. 13, fig. 38.
Type(s): PARATYPE MCZ_155568, [Altamaha River] [Hopeton near Darien] McIntosh Co., Georgia.

= Elliptio shepardiana

Taxonomic Opinions

= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — FMCS, 2025
= Elliptio shepardiana (I. Lea, 1834) — MolluscaBase, 2024
= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Hopper et al., 2023
= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — FMCS, 2021
= Elliptio shepardiana — Inoue et al., 2018
= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Williams et al., 2017
= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012
= Elliptio shepardiana (I. Lea, 1834) — ITIS, 2012
= Elliptio shepardiana — Haag, 2012
= Elliptio shepardiana Lea, 1834 — Bogan, 2010
= Elliptio shepardiana — Cummings & Graf, 2010
= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Elliptio shepardiana — Bogan, 2002
= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Turgeon et al., 1998
= Elliptio shepardiana I. Lea, 1834 — IUCN, 1996
= Elliptio shepardiana (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993
= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Turgeon et al., 1988
= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea) — Davis, 1984
= Elliptio shepardiana — Kat, 1983
= Elliptio (s.s.) shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Burch, 1975
= Elliptio (s.s.) shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
= Ensinaia sheppardiana [sic] (Lea, 1834) — Starobogatov, 1970
= Elliptio (s.s.) shepardianus (Lea, 1834) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) shepardianus (Lea, 1834) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) shepardianus Lea, 1834 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio shepardianus Lea — de Gregorio, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) shepardianus Lea, 1834 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio shepardianus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) shepardianus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio shepardianus Lea, 1834 — Reeve, 1865
= Unio shepardianus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio shepardianus Lea, 1834 — Conrad, 1853
= Unio shepardianus Lea — Küster, 1853
= Eurynia shepardiana — Agassiz, 1852
= Margaron (Unio) shepardianus (Lea) — Lea, 1852
= Unio shepardianus Lea — Hanley, 1843
= Margarita (Unio) shepardianus Lea — Lea, 1838
= Unio shepardianus Lea, 1834 — Conrad, 1837
= Margarita (Unio) shepardianus (Lea, 1834) — Lea, 1836
= Unio shepardianus Lea — Ferussac, 1835
= Unio shepardianus — Jay, 1835

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