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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio congaraea

nominal species Unio buxeus Lea, 1852

Lea, 1852, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 261 [17], pl. 15, fig. 13.
Lea, 1852, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85153, Abbeville, S Carolina.

= Elliptio congaraea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) congaraeus (Lea, 1831) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) congaraea (Lea, 1831) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
+ Elliptio (s.s.) pusillus (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) pusillus (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927
+ Elliptio pusillus (Lea, 1840) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
= Unio buxeus Lea — Vanatta, 1915
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) pusillus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) pusillus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio buxeus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) buxeus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio (Hyridella) buxeus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio buxeus Lea, 1852 — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) buxeus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

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