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

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

nominal species Unio fuliginosus Lea, 1845

Lea, 1845, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 164.
Lea, 1848, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 78 [52], pl. 7, fig. 19.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85665, Cobbs Cr., near Phil, Pennsylvania.

= 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.) violaceus violaceus (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) icterinus Conrad, 1834 — Simpson, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (Solander) Dillwyn, 1817 — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) icterinus Conrad, 1834 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio fuliginosus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) fuliginosus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
+ Unio purpureus Say, 1817 — Sowerby, 1868
= Unio (Niäa) fuliginosus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio fuliginosus Lea, 1845 — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) fuliginosus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

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