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nominal species Unio nigellus Lea, 1852

image of type lot

Unio nigellus Lea, 1852 = Elliptio nigella

Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
specimen image from publicationLea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 283 [39], pl. 24, fig. 42.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_85567, Chattahoochee, Columbus [Columbia], Ga.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — FMCS, 2025: [2].

= Elliptio nigella (I. Lea, 1852) — MolluscaBase, 2024: [web].

= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Hopper et al., 2023.

= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 19.

= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — FMCS, 2021: [2].

= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Williams et al., 2017: 38.

= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Williams et al., 2014: 396, text fig..

= Elliptio nigella (I. Lea, 1852) — IUCN, 2012: [web].

= Elliptio nigella (I. Lea, 1852) — ITIS, 2012: [web].

= Elliptio nigellaHaag, 2012: 73.

= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Williams et al., 2011: 6.

= Elliptio nigella Lea, 1852 — Bogan, 2010: [12].

= Elliptio nigellaCummings & Graf, 2010: 377.

= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Williams et al., 2008: 202.

= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 307.

= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000: 45, fig. 17.

= Elliptio nigella (Lea) — Lydeard et al., 1999: 126.

= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) — Turgeon et al., 1998: 33.

= Elliptio nigella (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993: 11.

= Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1853) — Turgeon et al., 1988: 29.

= Elliptio (s.s.) nigella (Lea, 1853) — Burch, 1975: 11.

= Elliptio (s.s.) nigellus (Lea, 1853) — Haas, 1969: 225.

+ Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) — Clench & Turner, 1956: 166.

= Elliptio (s.s.) nigellus (Lea, 1853) — Frierson, 1927: 28, sp. 82.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) nigellus Lea, 1853 — Simpson, 1914: 646.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) nigellus Lea, 1853 — Simpson, 1900: 718.

= Unio nigellus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [4].

= Margaron (Unio) nigellus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 52.

= Unio (Hyridella) nigellus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857: 494.

= Unio nigellus Lea — Conrad, 1853: 253.

= Margaron (Unio) nigellus (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 30.