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

nominal species Unio lugubris Lea, 1838

Unio lugubris Lea, 1838 = Elliptio icterina

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 37. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 30, pl. 9, fig. 25.
(renamed Elliptio cylindraceus Frierson, 1927; homonym of Unio lugubris Say, 1832)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85638, Hopeton, near Darien, Georgia.

= Elliptio icterina

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2017

= Elliptio lugubris (I. Lea, 1834) — ITIS, 2012

= Elliptio lugubris — Haag, 2012

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

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1972

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

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

+ Elliptio (s.s.) cylindraceus Frierson, 1927 — Frierson, 1927

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) confertus Lea, 1834 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) confertus Lea, 1834 — Simpson, 1900

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

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

= Unio lugubris Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio lugubris Lea — Küster, 1861

= Unio lugubris Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio lugubris Lea — Conrad, 1853

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

= Unio lugubris Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) lugubris Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) lugubris — Lea, 1836