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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio arca

nominal species Unio rufus Lea, 1857

Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 171.
Lea, 1858, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 85, pl. 17, fig. 61.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86070, Etowah R., Cass Co., Ga.

= Elliptio arca

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio arca (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Elliptio arca (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Elliptio (Eurynia) nasutus fulvus (Rafinesque, 1831) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (Eurynaia [sic]) dilatatus-fulvus (Rafinesque, 1831) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) gibbosus var. subgibbosus Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) gibbosus var. subgibbosus Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio rufus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) rufus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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