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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Eurynia dilatata

nominal species Unio arctior Lea, 1838

Unio arctior Lea, 1838 = Eurynia dilatata

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 10, pl. 4, fig. 10.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86103, Ohio R., Cincinnati, Ohio.

= Eurynia dilatata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Howells et al., 1996

+ Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Oesch, 1984

+ Elliptio (Eurynia) nasutus nasutus (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969

+ Elliptio (Eurynaia [sic]) dilatatus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

+ Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque) — Utterback, 1915

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) gibbosus Barnes, 1823 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio arctior Lea — de Gregorio, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) gibbosus Barnes, 1823 — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio (s.s.) gibbosus Barnes, 1823 — Call, 1900

+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823 — Call, 1895

= Unio (s.s.) arctior Lea, 1838 — Paetel, 1890

= Unio arctior Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) arctior (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio arctior Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio arctior Lea — Küster, 1861

= Unio arctior Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio arctior Lea, 1838 — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) arctior (Lea) — Lea, 1852

= Unio arctior Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) arctior Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) arctior — Lea, 1836