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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio complanata

nominal species Unio geminus Lea, 1856

Lea, 1856, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 262.
Lea, 1858, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 63, pl. 10, fig. 45.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84856, Buckhead Cr., Burke Co., Ga.

= Elliptio complanata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
= Elliptio (s.s.) geminus (Lea, 1856) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) geminus (Lea, 1856) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) geminus Lea, 1856 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) geminus Lea, 1856 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio geminus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) geminus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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