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

nominal species Unio congaraeus Lea, 1831

Unio congaraeus Lea, 1831 = Elliptio congaraea

Lea, 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.

= Elliptio congaraea

Taxonomic Opinions

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — FMCS, 2025

= Elliptio congaraea (I. Lea, 1831) — MolluscaBase, 2024

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

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

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

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — FMCS, 2021

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

= Elliptio congaraea — Perkins et al., 2017

= Elliptio congaraea — Jones, 2015

= Elliptio congaraea (I. Lea, 1831) — ITIS, 2012

= Elliptio congarea [sic] — Haag, 2012

= Elliptio congaraea Lea, 1831 — Bogan, 2010

= Elliptio congaraea — Cummings & Graf, 2010

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

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — Bogan, 2002

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

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) — IUCN, 1996

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

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

= Elliptio congaraea (Lea) — Davis, 1984

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

= Elliptio (s.s.) congaraea (Lea, 1831) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

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

= Elliptio (s.s.) congaraeus (Lea, 1831) — Frierson, 1927

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

+ — de Gregorio, 1914

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

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

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

= Unio congaræus Lea, 1831 — Sowerby, 1867

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

= Unio congaræus Lea, 1832 — Conrad, 1853

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

= Unio congaræus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) congaræus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Unio congaræus Lea, 1831 — Conrad, 1836

= Margarita (Unio) congaraeus (Lea, 1831) — Lea, 1836

= Unio congaræus Lea — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio congaræus — Jay, 1835

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