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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio complanata

nominal species Unio burkensis Lea, 1859

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.

= Elliptio complanata

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

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

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

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

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

= Unio burkensis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) burkensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870