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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptoideus sloatianus

nominal species Unio plectophorus Conrad, 1849

Unio plectophorus Conrad, 1849 = Elliptoideus sloatianus

Conrad, 1849. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4: 154 [as ‘plectrophorus’].
Conrad, 1850. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1: 277, pl. 38, fig. 7.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 261 [as ‘Plectomerus plectophorus’].
(correct name for Unio plectrophorus Conrad, 1849)

= Elliptoideus sloatianus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Williams et al., 2014

+ Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Williams et al., 2011

+ Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000

+ Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (Elliptoideus) sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969

+ Elliptio sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Clench & Turner, 1956

+ Elliptio (Elliptoideus) sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) sloatianus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) sloatianus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Unio) sloatianus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Plectomerus plectophorus (Con.) — Conrad, 1853

+ Margaron (Unio) sloatianus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

 
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