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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Search the database pages:

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

nominal species Unio burkensis Lea, 1859

Lea, 1859, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 112.
Lea, 1859, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 215 [33], pl. 27, fig. 95.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85998, Buck Head 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.) subniger (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) subniger (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) burkensis Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) burkensis Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio burkensis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) burkensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870

Page updated: 11:32:26 Wed 04 Dec 2024