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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio angustata

nominal species Unio subcylindraceus Lea, 1874

Lea, 1874, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 25: 422.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 58 [62], pl. 20, fig. 57.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85863, Rocky Creek, near Macon, Georgia.

= Elliptio angustata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio angustata (I. Lea, 1831) — MolluscaBase, 2024
+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
+ Elliptio (s.s.) emmonsii (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) emmonsii (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) angustatus Lea, 1831 — Simpson, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) angustatus Lea, 1831 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio subcylindraceus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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