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

nominal species Unio shepardianus Lea, 1834

Unio shepardianus Lea, 1834 = Elliptio shepardiana

Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 95 [207], pl. 13, fig. 38.
Type(s): PARATYPE MCZ_155568, [Altamaha River] [Hopeton near Darien] McIntosh Co., Georgia.

= Elliptio shepardiana

Taxonomic Opinions

= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — FMCS, 2025

= Elliptio shepardiana (I. Lea, 1834) — MolluscaBase, 2024

= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — FMCS, 2021

= Elliptio shepardiana — Inoue et al., 2018

= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Williams et al., 2017

= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012

= Elliptio shepardiana (I. Lea, 1834) — ITIS, 2012

= Elliptio shepardiana — Haag, 2012

= Elliptio shepardiana Lea, 1834 — Bogan, 2010

= Elliptio shepardiana — Cummings & Graf, 2010

= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Elliptio shepardiana — Bogan, 2002

= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Elliptio shepardiana I. Lea, 1834 — IUCN, 1996

= Elliptio shepardiana (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993

= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Elliptio shepardiana (Lea) — Davis, 1984

= Elliptio shepardiana — Kat, 1983

= Elliptio (s.s.) shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — Burch, 1975

= Elliptio (s.s.) shepardiana (Lea, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

= Ensinaia sheppardiana [sic] (Lea, 1834) — Starobogatov, 1970

= Elliptio (s.s.) shepardianus (Lea, 1834) — Haas, 1969

= Elliptio (s.s.) shepardianus (Lea, 1834) — Frierson, 1927

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) shepardianus Lea, 1834 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio shepardianus Lea — de Gregorio, 1914

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) shepardianus Lea, 1834 — Simpson, 1900

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

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

= Unio shepardianus Lea, 1834 — Reeve, 1865

= Unio shepardianus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio shepardianus Lea, 1834 — Conrad, 1853

= Unio shepardianus Lea — Küster, 1853

= Eurynia shepardiana — Agassiz, 1852

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

= Unio shepardianus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) shepardianus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Unio shepardianus Lea, 1834 — Conrad, 1837

= Margarita (Unio) shepardianus (Lea, 1834) — Lea, 1836

= Unio shepardianus Lea — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio shepardianus — Jay, 1835