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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio icterina

nominal species Unio whiteianus Lea, 1852

Lea, 1852, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 258 [14], pl. 14, fig. 8.
Lea, 1852, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 252. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85657, near Savannah, Georgia.

= Elliptio icterina

Taxonomic Opinions

+ 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.) geddingsianus (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) geddingsianus (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) confertus Lea, 1834 — Simpson, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) confertus Lea, 1834 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio whiteianus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) whiteianus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio (Niäa) whiteianus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio whiteanus [sic] Lea, 1852 — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) whiteianus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

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