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 decumbens Lea, 1861

Lea, 1861, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 40.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 87 [291], pl. 12, fig. 236.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86150, Alabama.

= Elliptio complanata

Taxonomic Opinions

- NO OPINION — Williams et al., 2008
= Margaritifera decumbens Lea, 1861 — D.G. Smith, 2001
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
= Margaritifera decumbens (Lea, 1861) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927
= Margaritana decumbens (Lea, 1861) — Simpson, 1914
= Margaritana decumbens (Lea, 1861) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio decumbens Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) decumbens (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio decumbens Lea, 1861 — Sowerby, 1868

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