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

species Elliptio producta (Conrad, 1836): synonymy

2 specimens

Synonymy

image of type lot

Unio productus Conrad, 1836

Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(3): 31, pl. 14, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 255.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_41397, [no locality available - North America].

Unio (sec. Elliptio) productusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio productusOrtmann (1910)
Elliptio productusOrtmann (1911), Ortmann (1912), Ortmann & Walker (1922)
Elliptio (s.s.) productusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio productaDavis (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ... Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)

Unio barrotti Küster, 1861

specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 189, pl. 59, fig. 6.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) productusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) productusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)

Unio nasutidus Lea, 1863

Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 192.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) nasutulusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio nasutilus [sic]Bogan (2002), Inoue et al. (2018)
Elliptio productaBieler (2021)
Elliptio nasutidusMolluscaBase (2024)

Unio nasutilus Simpson, 1900

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 735.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 691.
R.I. Johnson, 1970. Bull. MCZ 140(6): 334.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 167.
Bogan, 2002. Workbook Key Freshw. Biv. NC: Table 5.
Perkins et al., 2017. Conserv. Genet. 18: 752.
Inoue et al., 2018. Invert. Syst. 32: Table S2.
(error for Unio nasutidus Lea, 1863)

Elliptio productaBieler (2021)

Unio nasutus Conrad, 1838

‘Say’ Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 38, pl. 18, fig. 1 [upper]. [in part]
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover correginda [as ‘U. fisherianus Lea’].
(misidentified reference to Unio nasutus Say, 1817)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) fisherianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) productusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)

image of type lot

Unio nasutulus Lea, 1866

specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 12 [16], pl. 3, fig. 9.
(error for Unio nasutidus Lea, 1863)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86027, Livingston Cr., Brunswick Co., N.C.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) nasutulusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) productusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio nasutilus [sic]Perkins et al. (2017)
Elliptio productaBieler (2021)

Unio nasululus Simpson, 1914

Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 691.
(error for Unio nasutulus Lea, 1866)

Elliptio productaBieler (2021)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) productusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) nasutulusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) fisherianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio productusOrtmann (1910)
Elliptio productusOrtmann (1911), Ortmann (1912), Ortmann & Walker (1922)
Elliptio (s.s.) productusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio productaDavis (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ... Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)
Elliptio nasutilus [sic]Bogan (2002), Perkins et al. (2017), Inoue et al. (2018)
Elliptio nasutidusMolluscaBase (2024)

 
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