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

nominal species Unio occultus Lea, 1843

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Unio occultus Lea, 1843 = Elliptio occulta

Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 279 [37], pl. 41, fig. 7.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85247, Lake Monroe, Fla.

= Elliptio occulta

Taxonomic Opinions

= Elliptio occulta (Lea, 1843) — FMCS, 2025

= Elliptio occulta (I. Lea, 1843) — MolluscaBase, 2024

= Elliptio occulta (Lea, 1843) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Elliptio occulta (Lea, 1843) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Elliptio occulta (Lea, 1843) — FMCS, 2021

= Elliptio occulta (Lea, 1843) — Williams et al., 2017

= Elliptio occulta (Lea, 1843) — Williams et al., 2014

= Elliptio occulta (Lea, 1843) — Williams et al., 2011

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1972

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

= Elliptio (s.s.) occultus (Lea, 1841) — Haas, 1969

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

= Elliptio (s.s.) occultus (Lea, 1841) — Frierson, 1927

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) occultus Lea, 1841 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) occultus Lea, 1841 — Simpson, 1900

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

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

= Unio occultus Lea — Küster, 1861

= Unio (Hyridella) occultus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

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

 
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