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

nominal species Unio forbesianus Lea, 1852

Unio forbesianus Lea, 1852 = Elliptio congaraea

Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 264 [20], pl. 16, fig. 17.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84542, Savannah R., Ga.

= Elliptio congaraea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) congaraeus (Lea, 1831) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) congaraea (Lea, 1831) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

= Elliptio (s.s.) forbesianus (Lea, 1853) — Haas, 1969

= Elliptio (s.s.) forbesianus (Lea, 1853) — Frierson, 1927

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) forbesianus Lea, 1853 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) forbesianus Lea, 1853 — Simpson, 1900

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

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

= Unio forbesianus Lea, 1852 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio forbesianus Lea — Küster, 1861

= Unio (Lampsilis) forbesianus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio forbesianus Lea, 1852 — Conrad, 1853

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