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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!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio

species Elliptio roanokensis (Lea, 1838): nominal species
     4 specimens available.

Unio roanokensis Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 27, pl. 8, fig. 21.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85423, Roanoke R., near Tarborough, N.C.

Unio roanokensisLea (1838), Conrad (1853), B.H. Wright (1888), Henderson (1935)
Margarita (Unio) roanokensisLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Unio roanoakensisHanley (1843), Sowerby (1868)
Margaron (Unio) roanokensisLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (NiƤa) roanokensisAdams & Adams (1857)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-subinflatusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus subinflatusHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio roanokensisTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ..., Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024)

Elliptio judithae Clarke, 1986
Clarke, 1986, Malac. Data Net 1(4): 82, pl. 3, figs. 1-4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_363332, Seven Springs, Wayne County, Neuse River, North Carolina.

Elliptio judithaeClarke (1986), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), Haag (2012), ITIS (2012), MolluscaBase (2024)
Elliptio roanokensisWilliams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Unio roanoakensis Hanley, 1843
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 199.
Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 341.
(error for Unio roanokensis Lea, 1838)

Unio roanoakensisHanley (1843)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensisSimpson (1900)

Unio macer Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 86.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 202 [24], pl. 29, fig. 271.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85425, Roanoke R., Weldon, N.C.

Unio macerLea (1857)
Margaron (Unio) macerLea (1870)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)

Unio latus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 171.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 334 [16], pl. 53, fig. 159.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85898, Savannah, Ga.

Unio latusLea (1859), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) latusLea (1870)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceusHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)

Unio roanokoides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 164.

Unio roanokoidesLea (1868)
Unio roanokensisHenderson (1935)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-subinflatusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatusFrierson (1927)
Unio roanokensisHenderson (1935)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus subinflatusHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceusHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio judithaeClarke (1986), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), Haag (2012), ITIS (2012), MolluscaBase (2024)
Elliptio roanokensisTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ..., Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024)

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