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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ellipsaria lineolata

nominal species Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria Rafinesque, 1820

Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria Rafinesque, 1820 = Ellipsaria lineolata

Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 303 [also as ‘U. ellipsaria’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 48.

= Ellipsaria lineolata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975

+ Plagiola lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Plagiola lineolata Raf. — Vanatta, 1915

+ Simpson, 1914

+ Simpson, 1900

+ Lea, 1870

+ Lea, 1852

+ Margarita (Unio) securis Lea. Eat. — Lea, 1838

+ Lea, 1836

+ Unio ligamentina Lam. — Ferussac, 1835

= Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsariaRafinesque, 1820

 
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