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nominal species Unio tortivus Lea, 1840

image of type lot

Unio tortivus Lea, 1840 = Elliptio arctata

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 204 [42], pl. 12, fig. 17.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE USNM_85674, Lee Co., Ga.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834) — MolluscaBase, 2024: [web].

+ Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2014: 178.

+ Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2011: 6.

+ Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008: 180.

+ Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000: 34.

+ Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 76.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) arctata (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975: 174.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) arctata (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 331.

= Elliptio (s.s.) tortivus (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969: 225.

+ Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) — Clench & Turner, 1956: 165.

= Elliptio (s.s.) tortivus (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927: 28, sp. 83.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) arctatus var. tortivus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1914: 645.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) arctatus var. tortivus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1900: 718.

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

= Unio tortivus Lea — Lea, 1874: 69, pl. 21, fig. 12.

= Margaron (Unio) tortivus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 53.

= Unio tortivus Lea, 1840 — Sowerby, 1866: pl. 36, sp. 193.

= Unio (Niäa) tortivus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857: 493.

= Unio tortivus Lea, 1842 — Conrad, 1853: 259.

= Margaron (Unio) tortivus (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 33.