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nominal species Unio burkensis Lea, 1859

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Unio burkensis Lea, 1859 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 112.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 215 [33], pl. 27, fig. 95.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85998, Buck Head Cr., Burke Co., Ga.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 160.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 316.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) subniger (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969: 242, 229.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) subniger (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927: 33.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) burkensis Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1914: 674.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) burkensis Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1900: 730.

= Unio burkensis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [2].

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