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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio lanceolata

nominal species Unio viridulus Lea, 1863

Lea, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193.
Lea, 1866, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 10 [14], pl. 3, fig. 7.
(homonym of Unio favidens var. viridula Benson, 1862)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_85908, Neuse R., near Raleigh, N.C.

= Elliptio lanceolata

Taxonomic Opinions

= Elliptio viridula (Lea, 1863) — Bogan, 2002
+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
= Elliptio (s.s.) viridulus (Lea, 1863) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) viridulus (Lea, 1863) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) viridulus Lea, 1863 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio viridulus Lea — de Gregorio, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) viridulus Lea, 1863 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio viridulus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) viridulus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio viridulus Lea, 1863 — Lea, 1866

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