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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio ahenea
nominal species Unio aheneus Lea, 1843
Unio aheneus Lea, 1843 = Elliptio ahenea
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.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — FMCS, 2025: [2].
= Elliptio ahenea (I. Lea, 1843) — MolluscaBase, 2024: [web].
= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — Hopper et al., 2023.
= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 19.
= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — FMCS, 2021: [2].
= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — Williams et al., 2017: 37.
= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — Williams et al., 2014: 172, text fig..
= Elliptio ahenea (I. Lea, 1843) — ITIS, 2012: [web].
= Elliptio ahenea — Haag, 2012: 73.
= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — Williams et al., 2011: 6.
= Elliptio ahenea Lea, 1843 — Bogan, 2010: [12].
= Elliptio ahenea — Cummings & Graf, 2010: 376.
= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1841) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 307.
= Elliptio ahenea (I. Lea, 1843) — Lee, 2006: 3.
= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — Turgeon et al., 1998: 33.
= Elliptio ahenea I. Lea, 1843 — IUCN, 1996: [web].
= Elliptio ahenea (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993: 11.
= Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) — Turgeon et al., 1988: 29.
+ Elliptio (s.s.) jayensis (Lea, 1838) — Burch, 1975: 159.
+ Elliptio (s.s.) jayensis (Lea, 1838) — R.I. Johnson, 1972: 215.
= Elliptio (s.s.) aheneus (Lea, 1843) — Haas, 1969: 230.
= Elliptio (s.s.) aheneus (Lea, 1841) — Frierson, 1927: 29, sp. 97.
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) aheneus Lea, 1841 — Simpson, 1914: 694.
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) aheneus Lea, 1843 — Simpson, 1900: 736.
= Unio (s.s.) aheneus Lea, 1841 — Paetel, 1890: 144.
= Unio aheneus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [1].
= Margaron (Unio) aheneus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 60.
= Unio ahæneus [sic] Lea, 1841 — Sowerby, 1866: pl. 36, sp. 194.
= Unio aheneus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857: 491.
= Margaron (Unio) aheneus (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 37.
