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freshwater mussels
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Fri 13 February 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio
species Elliptio spinosa (Lea, 1836): synonymy
Synonymy
Unio spinosus Lea, 1836
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 17, fronticepiece.
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 57, pl. 16, fig. 50.
Type(s): SYNTYPE ANSP_128763, Darien, Ga.
Unio (sec. Canthyria) spinosus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio spinosus — Ortmann (1912)
Canthyria spinosa — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (sec. Canthyria) spinosus — Thiele (1934)
Elliptio (Canthyria) spinosa — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio (Canthyria) spinosus — Johnson & Clarke (1983)
Elliptio spinosa — Kat (1983), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Unio (sec. Canthyria) spinosus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio spinosus — Ortmann (1912)
Canthyria spinosa — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (sec. Canthyria) spinosus — Thiele (1934)
Elliptio (Canthyria) spinosa — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio (Canthyria) spinosus — Johnson & Clarke (1983)
Elliptio spinosa — Kat (1983), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)
