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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio

species Elliptio chipolaensis (Walker, 1905): synonymy

3 specimens

Synonymy

Unio chipolaensis Walker, 1905

Walker, 1905. Nautilus 18(12): 135, pl. 9, figs. 6-7.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE UMMZ_96363, Chipola River, Florida.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) chipolaensis — Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) chipolaensis — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Burch (1975)
Elliptio chipolaensis — Clench & Turner (1956), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) chipolaensis — Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) chipolaensis — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Burch (1975)
Elliptio chipolaensis — Clench & Turner (1956), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)