Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio

species Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834): synonymy

7 specimens

Synonymy

Unio strigosus Lea, 1840

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 198 [36], pl. 9, fig. 9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85890, Chattahoochee R., Columbus, Georgia.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) strigosus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) arctatus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio strigosus — Clench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) arctata — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio arctata — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014), MolluscaBase (2024)

Unio tortivus Lea, 1840

Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 204 [42], pl. 12, fig. 17.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE USNM_85674, Lee Co., Ga.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) arctatus var. tortivus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) tortivus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio strigosus — Clench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) arctata — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio arctata — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014), MolluscaBase (2024)

Unio lazarus Lea, 1852

Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 259 [15], pl. 14, fig. 9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86155, Abbeville District, S.C.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) lazarus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio dilatata subgibbosa — Utterback (1915)
Elliptio (s.s.) arctatus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) arctata — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio arctata — MolluscaBase (2024)

Unio perstriatus Lea, 1852

Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 255 [11], pl. 12, fig. 3.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 252. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85892, Abbeville, S.C.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) perstriatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) perstriatus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) arctata — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio arctata — MolluscaBase (2024)

Unio gracilentus Lea, 1857

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 85.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 58 [62], pl. 3, fig. 205.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85976, Catawba R., Gaston Co., N.C.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) perstriatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) perstriatus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) arctata — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio arctata — MolluscaBase (2024)

Unio viridans Lea, 1859

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 170.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 337 [19], pl. 54, fig. 162.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85579, Columbus, Ga.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) tuomeyi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) arctatus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio strigosus — Clench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterina — R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio arctata — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014), MolluscaBase (2024)
Elliptio icterina — Brim Box & Williams (2000)

Unio perlatus Lea, 1863

Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 15 [19], pl. 4, fig. 13.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86006, Black Rock Landing, Cape Fear R., N.C.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) perstriatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) perstriatus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) arctata — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio arctata — MolluscaBase (2024)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) arctatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) arctatus var. tortivus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) tuomeyi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) perstriatus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) strigosus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) lazarus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio dilatata subgibbosa — Utterback (1915)
Elliptio (s.s.) tortivus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) arctatus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) perstriatus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio strigosus — Clench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterina — R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio (s.s.) arctata — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio arctata — Kat (1983), Davis (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Vidrine (1993), ... FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)
Elliptio icterina — Brim Box & Williams (2000)