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

nominal species Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820

Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820 = Elliptio crassidens

Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus niger’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 291, pl. 80, figs. 1-4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 37.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20243, River Ohio.

= Elliptio crassidens

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — MolluscaBase, 2024

+ Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2014

+ Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012

+ Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

+ Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000

+ Elliptio crassidens Lamarck, 1819 — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Vidrine, 1993

+ Elliptio crassidens crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Oesch, 1984

+ Elliptio crassidens crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Elliptio (s.s.) crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) crassidens crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Elliptio (s.s.) crassidens crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969

= Elliptio niger (Rafinesque, 1820) — Modell, 1942

= Elliptio (s.s.) niger (Raf.) — Haas, 1930

+ Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — F.C. Baker, 1928

= Elliptio (s.s.) niger (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

+ Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

= Elliptio niger (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann, 1918

= Elliptio nigra Rafinesque — Utterback, 1915

+ Unio crassidens Lam. — Vanatta, 1915

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) crassidens Lamarck, 1819 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) crassidens Lamarck, 1819 — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Unio) crassidens (Lam.) — Lea, 1870

= Unio niger Conrad (as of Raf.) — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio niger Raf. — Conrad, 1853

= Unio (Elliptio) niger Raf. — Mörch, 1853

= Unio niger Raf. — Agassiz, 1852

+ Margaron (Unio) crassidens (Lam.) — Lea, 1852

= Unio niger Rafinesque — Küster, 1848

+ Margarita (Unio) crassidens Lam. — Lea, 1838

= Unio niger Rafinesque, 1820 — Conrad, 1836

+ Margarita (Unio) crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Lea, 1836

= Unio niger Raf., Say — Ferussac, 1835

+ Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823 — Ravenel, 1834

= Unio (Elliptio) nigra — Rafinesque, 1820

= Potamilus niger (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1818