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

nominal species Unio congaraeus Lea, 1831

image of type lot

Unio congaraeus Lea, 1831 = Elliptio congaraea

specimen image from publicationLea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 72 [82], pl. 6, fig. 4 [as ‘congaræus’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85693, Congaree R., Columbia, S.C.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 289.

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — FMCS, 2025: [2].

= Elliptio congaraea (I. Lea, 1831) — MolluscaBase, 2024: [web].

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — Hopper et al., 2023.

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 19.

= Elliptio congaraea (I. Lea, 1831) — Bieler, 2021: 17.

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — FMCS, 2021: [2].

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — Williams et al., 2017: 37.

= Elliptio congaraeaPerkins et al., 2017: 752.

= Elliptio congaraeaJones, 2015: 318.

= Elliptio congaraea (I. Lea, 1831) — ITIS, 2012: [web].

= Elliptio congarea [sic]Haag, 2012: 73.

= Elliptio congaraea Lea, 1831 — Bogan, 2010: [12].

= Elliptio congaraeaCummings & Graf, 2010: 375.

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 307.

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — Bogan, 2002: 11.

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — Turgeon et al., 1998: 33.

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — IUCN, 1996: [web].

= Elliptio congaraea (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993: 11.

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — Turgeon et al., 1988: 29.

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea) — Davis, 1984: 631, fig. 2B.

= Elliptio (s.s.) congaraeus (Lea, 1831) — Burch, 1975: 11.

= Elliptio (s.s.) congaraea (Lea, 1831) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 308, pl. 5, figs. 1-8.

= Elliptio (s.s.) congaraeus (Lea, 1831) — Haas, 1969: 216.

= Elliptio (s.s.) congaraeus (Lea, 1831) — Frierson, 1927: 25, sp. 51.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) congaraeus Lea, 1831 — Simpson, 1914: 615.

+ de Gregorio, 1914: 57.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) congaraeus Lea, 1831 — Simpson, 1900: 709.

= Unio congaræus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [2].

= Margaron (Unio) congaræus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 54.

= Unio congaræus Lea, 1831 — Sowerby, 1867: pl. 59, sp. 296.

= Unio (Niäa) congaraeus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857: 493.

= Unio congaræus Lea, 1832 — Conrad, 1853: 247, 249.

= Margaron (Unio) congaræus (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 33.

= Unio congaræus Lea — Hanley, 1843: 200, pl. 22, fig. 31.

= Margarita (Unio) congaræus Lea — Lea, 1838: 22.

= Unio congaræus Lea, 1831 — Conrad, 1836: 27, pl. 12. fig. 1.

= Margarita (Unio) congaraeus (Lea, 1831) — Lea, 1836: 32.

= Unio congaræus Lea — Ferussac, 1835: 26.

= Unio congaræusJay, 1835: 16.

= Unio congareus [sic] Lea, 1831 — Ravenel, 1834: 6.