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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio roanokensis

nominal species Unio roanokensis Lea, 1838

Unio roanokensis Lea, 1838 = Elliptio roanokensis

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.

= Elliptio roanokensis

Taxonomic Opinions

= Elliptio roanokensis (Lea, 1838) — FMCS, 2025

= Elliptio roanokensis (I. Lea, 1838) — MolluscaBase, 2024

= Elliptio roanokensis (Lea, 1838) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Elliptio roanokensis (Lea, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Elliptio roanokensis (Lea, 1838) — FMCS, 2021

= Elliptio roanokensis (Lea, 1838) — Williams et al., 2017

= Elliptio roanokensis — Perkins et al., 2017

= Elliptio roanokensis — Jones, 2015

= Elliptio roanokensis (I. Lea, 1838) — ITIS, 2012

= Elliptio roanokensis — Haag, 2012

= Elliptio roanokensis (Lea, 1838) — IUCN, 2012

= Elliptio roanokensis Lea, 1838 — Bogan, 2010

= Elliptio roanokensis — Cummings & Graf, 2010

= Elliptio roanokensis (Lea, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Elliptio roanokensis (Lea, 1838) — Bogan, 2002

= Elliptio roanokensis (Lea, 1838) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Elliptio roanokensis (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993

= Elliptio roanokensis (Lea, 1838) — Turgeon et al., 1988

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus subinflatus (Conrad, 1835) — Haas, 1969

= Unio roanokensis — Henderson, 1935

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-subinflatus (Conrad, 1835) — Frierson, 1927

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensis Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1914

+ — de Gregorio, 1914

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensis Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1900

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

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

= Unio roanoakensis [sic] Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio (Niäa) roanokensis Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio roanokensis Lea, 1838 — Conrad, 1853

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

= Unio roanoakensis [sic] Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) roanokensis Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) roanokensis — Lea, 1836