Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio

species Elliptio fisheriana (Lea, 1838): synonymy

1 specimen

Synonymy

image of type lot

Unio fisherianus Lea, 1838

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 37. [nomen nudum]
specimen image from publicationLea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 8, pl. 4, fig. 8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86022, Chester R., (head of), Md.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) fisherianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio fisherianusOrtmann (1909)
Elliptio fisherianusOrtmann (1911), Williams et al. (1993), Haag (2012)
Elliptio (s.s.) productusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970)
Elliptio lanceolataDavis et al. (1981)
Elliptio fisherianaKat (1983), Davis (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ... FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Eurynia ficheriana Agassiz, 1852

Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 45.
(error for Unio fisherianus Lea, 1838)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) fisherianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio fisherianusOrtmann (1909)
Elliptio fisherianusOrtmann (1911), Williams et al. (1993), Haag (2012)
Elliptio (s.s.) productusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970)
Elliptio lanceolataDavis et al. (1981)
Elliptio fisherianaKat (1983), Davis (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ... FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)