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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio occulta

nominal species 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.

= Elliptio occulta

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio occulta (Lea, 1843) — Williams et al., 2014
+ Elliptio occulta (Lea, 1843) — Williams et al., 2011
+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1972
+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
= Elliptio (s.s.) fuscatus (Lea, 1841) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) fuscatus (Lea, 1841) — Frierson, 1927
+ Elliptio rafinesquei (Vanatta, 1915) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Unio rafinesquei n.n. — Vanatta, 1915
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) fuscatus Lea, 1841 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) fuscatus Lea, 1841 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio fuscatus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) fuscatus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio fuscatus Lea, 1843 — Reeve, 1865
= Unio fuscatus Lea — Küster, 1861
= Unio (Hyridella) fuscatus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio fuscatus Lea, 1846 — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) fuscatus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

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