MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio pullata
nominal species Unio mercerii Lea, 1862
Unio mercerii Lea, 1862 = Elliptio pullata
Lea, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 169.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 209 [31], pl. 31, fig. 278.
HOLOTYPE USNM_86057, Lee Co., Flint Dr., Ga.
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) — Williams et al., 2014: 217.
+ Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) — Williams et al., 2011: 6.
+ Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) — Williams et al., 2008: 208.
+ Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000: 43.
+ Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 76.
+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975: 166.
+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1972: 206.
holotype USNM_86057 — Lee Co. [Flint River drainage], Georgia.
+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 327.
holotype USNM_86057 — Lee Co. [Flint River drainage], Georgia.
+ Elliptio (s.s.) arctatus (Conrad) — Haas, 1969: 226.
+ Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) — Clench & Turner, 1956: 166.
type USNM_xxx — Lee Co., Georgia.
+ Elliptio (s.s.) arctatus (Conrad, 1834) — Frierson, 1927: 28.
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) (Group of U. buckleyi) arctatus var. tortivus Lea — Simpson, 1914: 646.
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) arctatus var. tortivus Lea — Simpson, 1900: 718.
= Unio mercerii Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [4].
= Margaron (Unio) mercerii (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 61.
