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

nominal species Unio pusillus Lea, 1840

Unio pusillus Lea, 1840 = Elliptio congaraea

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 220 [58], pl. 18, fig. 36.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85241, Ogeechee R., Georgia.

= Elliptio congaraea

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

= Elliptio (s.s.) pusillus (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969

= Elliptio (s.s.) pusillus (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927

= Elliptio pusillus (Lea, 1840) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) pusillus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) pusillus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1900

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

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

= Unio pussilus [sic] Lea — Küster, 1861

= Unio (Hyridella) pusillus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio pusillus Lea — Conrad, 1853

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