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nominal species Unio pusillus Lea, 1840

image of type lot

Unio pusillus Lea, 1840 = Elliptio congaraea

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

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) congaraeus (Lea, 1831) — Burch, 1975: 170.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) congaraea (Lea, 1831) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 308.

= Elliptio (s.s.) pusillus (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969: 217.

= Elliptio (s.s.) pusillus (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927: 26, sp. 57.

= Elliptio pusillus (Lea, 1840) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922: 31.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) pusillus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1914: 611.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) pusillus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1900: 708.

= Unio pusillus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [5].

= Margaron (Unio) pusillus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 48.

= Unio pussilus [sic] Lea — Küster, 1861: 197, pl. 63, figs. 3-4.

= Unio (Hyridella) pusillus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857: 494.

= Unio pusillus Lea — Conrad, 1853: 256.

= Margaron (Unio) pusillus (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 31.