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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio dariensis
nominal species Unio dariensis Lea, 1842
Unio dariensis Lea, 1842 = Elliptio dariensis
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 246 [84], pl. 26, fig. 61.
Lea, 1843. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 225.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85691, Darien, Ga.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Elliptio dariensis (Lea, 1842) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 289.
= Elliptio dariensis (Lea, 1842) — FMCS, 2025: [2].
= Elliptio dariensis (I. Lea, 1842) — MolluscaBase, 2024: [web].
= Elliptio dariensis (Lea, 1842) — Hopper et al., 2023.
= Elliptio dariensis — Hauck et al., 2023: fig. 7.
= Elliptio dariensis (Lea, 1842) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 19.
= Elliptio dariensis (Lea, 1842) — FMCS, 2021: [2].
= Elliptio dariensis — Inoue et al., 2018: Table S2.
= Elliptio dariensis (Lea, 1842) — Williams et al., 2017: 37.
= Elliptio dariensis — Small et al., 2012: [5].
= Elliptio dariensis (I. Lea, 1842) — ITIS, 2012: [web].
= Elliptio dariensis — Haag, 2012: 73.
= Elliptio dariensis Lea, 1842 — Bogan, 2010: [12].
= Elliptio dariensis — Cummings & Graf, 2010: 375, 377.
= Elliptio dariensis (Lea, 1842) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 307.
= Elliptio dariensis (Lea, 1842) — Turgeon et al., 1998: 33.
= Elliptio dariensis I. Lea, 1842 — IUCN, 1996: [web].
= Elliptio dariensis (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993: 11.
= Elliptio dariensis (Lea, 1842) — Turgeon et al., 1988: 29.
= Elliptio dariensis — Kat, 1983: 301, fig. 4A.
= Elliptio (s.s.) dariensis (Lea, 1842) — Burch, 1975: 11.
= Elliptio (s.s.) dariensis (Lea, 1842) — R.I. Johnson, 1972: 200, figs. 3A, 5A-C.
= Elliptio (s.s.) dariensis (Lea, 1842) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 310, pl. 6, figs. 1-4.
= Elliptio (s.s.) dariensis (Lea, 1842) — Haas, 1969: 216.
= Elliptio (s.s.) dariensis (Lea, 1842) — Frierson, 1927: 25, sp. 52.
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) dariensis Lea, 1842 — Simpson, 1914: 616.
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) dariensis Lea, 1842 — Simpson, 1900: 710.
= Unio dariensis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [2].
= Margaron (Unio) dariensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 54.
= Unio dariensis Lea, 1842 — Sowerby, 1868: pl. 91, sp. 494.
= Unio (Niäa) dariensis Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857: 493.
= Unio dariensis Lea, 1841 — Conrad, 1853: 248.
= Margaron (Unio) dariensis (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 33.
