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

nominal species Unio coarctata Lamarck, 1819

Unio coarctata Lamarck, 1819 = Elliptio complanata

Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 73, sp. 11.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MPL_0005, [Habite la rivière d’Hudson [New York].

= Elliptio complanata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceus (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969

+ Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1969

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (‘Solander’ Dillwyn, 1817) — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (Solander) Dillwyn, 1817 — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Unio) complanata (Solan.) — Lea, 1870

= Unio coarctatus Lamarck, 1819 — Sowerby, 1866

+ Unio complanatus Solander — Conrad, 1853

+ Margaron (Unio) complanatus (Soland. Dill.) — Lea, 1852

+ Unio complanatus Lea — Hanley, 1843

+ Margarita (Unio) complanatus Lea — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Unio) complanata (‘Solander’ Dillwyn, 1817) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio complanatus Soland., Dilw. — Ferussac, 1835

+ Unio complanatus (Solander) — Lea, 1834

= Unio coarctata Lamk. — Deshayes, 1832

= Unio coarctatus Lamarck, 1819 — Menke, 1830

+ Unio complanatus Solander MSS. — Lea, 1829

= Unio coarctatus Lamarck, 1819 — Menke, 1828

+ Unio purpureus — Barnes, 1823

= Unio coarctata — Lamarck, 1819