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nominal species Unio protensus Lea, 1865

Unio protensus Lea, 1865 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 88.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 256 [16], pl. 31, fig. 71.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85994, River Eno, near Millsburg, Orange Co., N. Carolina.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 170.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 317.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) geddingsianus (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969: 227.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) geddingsianus (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927: 28.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) confertus Lea, 1834 — Simpson, 1914: 640.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) confertus Lea, 1834 — Simpson, 1900: 716.

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

= Margaron (Unio) protensus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 60.