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!

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio folliculata

nominal species Unio exacutus Lea, 1872

Lea, 1872, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 159.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 45 [49], pl. 15, fig. 43.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85862, Savannah R., at Gov. Hamilton’s, Georgia.

= Elliptio folliculata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
+ Elliptio (s.s.) folliculatus (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) folliculatus (Lea, 1838) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) folliculatus Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — de Gregorio, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) folliculatus Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio exacutus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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