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

nominal species Unio aheneus Lea, 1843

Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 280 [38], pl. 41, fig. 9.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86030, Black Creek, Florida.

= Elliptio ahenea

Taxonomic Opinions

= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — FMCS, 2025

= Elliptio ahenea (I. Lea, 1843) — MolluscaBase, 2024

= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — FMCS, 2021

= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — Williams et al., 2017

= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — Williams et al., 2014

= Elliptio ahenea (I. Lea, 1843) — ITIS, 2012

= Elliptio aheneaHaag, 2012

= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — Williams et al., 2011

= Elliptio ahenea Lea, 1843 — Bogan, 2010

= Elliptio aheneaCummings & Graf, 2010

= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1841) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Elliptio ahenea (I. Lea, 1843) — Lee, 2006

= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Elliptio ahenea I. Lea, 1843 — IUCN, 1996

= Elliptio ahenea (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993

= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — Turgeon et al., 1988

+ Elliptio (s.s.) jayensis (Lea, 1838) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) jayensis (Lea, 1838) — R.I. Johnson, 1972

= Elliptio (s.s.) aheneus (Lea, 1843) — Haas, 1969

= Elliptio (s.s.) aheneus (Lea, 1841) — Frierson, 1927

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) aheneus Lea, 1841 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) aheneus Lea, 1843 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (s.s.) aheneus Lea, 1841 — Paetel, 1890

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

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

= Unio ahæneus [sic] Lea, 1841 — Sowerby, 1866

= Unio aheneus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Margaron (Unio) aheneus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

 
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