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

nominal species Unio folliculatus Lea, 1838

Unio folliculatus Lea, 1838 = Elliptio folliculata

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 38, pl. 11, fig. 33.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85861, Savannah R., S.C.

= Elliptio folliculata

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

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

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

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

= Elliptio folliculata — Inoue et al., 2018

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

= Elliptio folliculata — Perkins et al., 2017

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

= Elliptio folliculata — Haag, 2012

= Elliptio folliculata (Lea, 1838) — IUCN, 2011

= Elliptio folliculata Lea, 1838 — Bogan, 2010

= Elliptio folliculata — Cummings & Graf, 2010

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

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

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

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

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

= Elliptio folliculata (Lea) — Davis, 1984

= Elliptio folliculata — Kat, 1983

+ Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Davis et al., 1981

+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

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

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

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

+ — de Gregorio, 1914

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

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

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

= Unio folliculatus Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio folliculatus Lea — Küster, 1861

= Unio folliculatus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio folliculatus Lea, 1838 — Conrad, 1853

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

= Unio folliculatus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) folliculatus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) folliculatus — Lea, 1836