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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio nigella

nominal species Unio nigellus Lea, 1852

Lea, 1852, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1852, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 283 [39], pl. 24, fig. 42.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_85567, Chattahoochee, Columbus [Columbia], Ga.

= Elliptio nigella

Taxonomic Opinions

= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Hopper et al., 2023
= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — FMCS, 2021
= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Williams et al., 2017
= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Williams et al., 2014
= Elliptio nigella (I. Lea, 1852) — IUCN, 2012
= Elliptio nigella (I. Lea, 1852) — ITIS, 2012
= Elliptio nigella — Haag, 2012
= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Williams et al., 2011
= Elliptio nigella Lea, 1852 — Bogan, 2010
= Elliptio nigella — Cummings & Graf, 2010
= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Williams et al., 2008
= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000
= Elliptio nigella (Lea) — Lydeard et al., 1999
= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Turgeon et al., 1998
= Elliptio nigella (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993
= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1853) — Turgeon et al., 1988
= Elliptio (s.s.) nigella (Lea, 1853) — Burch, 1975
= Elliptio (s.s.) nigellus (Lea, 1853) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) — Clench & Turner, 1956
= Elliptio (s.s.) nigellus (Lea, 1853) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) nigellus Lea, 1853 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) nigellus Lea, 1853 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio nigellus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) nigellus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio (Hyridella) nigellus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio nigellus Lea — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) nigellus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

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