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 northamptonensis Lea, 1861

Lea, 1861, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 190 [12], pl. 25, fig. 260.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85527, Conn. R., Northampton, Mass.

= 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 northamptonensis (Lea, 1862) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-northamptonensis (Lea, 1862) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensis var. northamptonensis Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio northamptonensis Lea — de Gregorio, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensis var. northamptonensis Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio northamptonensis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) northamptonensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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