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

nominal species Unio jayensis Lea, 1838

Unio jayensis Lea, 1838 = Elliptio jayensis

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 37. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 28, pl. 9, fig. 23.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86031, Florida.

= Elliptio jayensis

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

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

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

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

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

= Elliptio jayensis — Perkins et al., 2017

= Elliptio jayensis (Lea, 1838) — Williams et al., 2014

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

= Elliptio jayensis — Haag, 2012

= Elliptio jayensis (I. Lea, 1838) — IUCN, 2011

= Elliptio jayensis (Lea, 1838) — Williams et al., 2011

= Elliptio jayensis Lea, 1838 — Bogan, 2010

= Elliptio jayensis — Cummings & Graf, 2010

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

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

= Elliptio jayensis (Lea, 1838) — Daget, 1998

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

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

= Elliptio (s.s.) jayensis (Lea, 1838) — Burch, 1975

= Elliptio (s.s.) jayensis (Lea, 1838) — R.I. Johnson, 1972

= Elliptio (s.s.) jayensis (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969

= Elliptio (s.s.) jayensis (Lea, 1838) — Frierson, 1927

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

= Elliptio jayensis (Lea, 1838) — Ortmann, 1912

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

= Unio jayanus [sic] Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) jayanus [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio jayensis Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1867

= Unio jayensis Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio (Eurinea) [sic] jayensis Lea, 1838 — Conrad, 1853

= Eurynia jayensis — Agassiz, 1852

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

= Unio jayensis Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) jayensis Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) jayensis — Lea, 1836