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

nominal species Unio duttonianus Lea, 1841

Unio duttonianus Lea, 1841 = Elliptio lanceolata

Lea, 1841. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 2: 31.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 236 [74], pl. 22, fig. 50.

= Elliptio lanceolata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

= Elliptio (s.s.) duttonianus (Lea, 1841) — Haas, 1969

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

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

= Unio shepardianus f.a duttonianus Lea — de Gregorio, 1914

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) duttonianus Lea, 1841 — Simpson, 1900

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

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

= Unio duttonianus Lea, 1841 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio duttonianus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio duttonianus Lea, 1841 — Conrad, 1853

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

 
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