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nominal species Unio (Elliptio) aurata Rafinesque, 1820

Unio (Elliptio) aurata Rafinesque, 1820 = Elliptio complanata

Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus auratus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 295.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 40.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997: 98.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 159.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 315.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceus (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969: 233.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927: 31.

+ — Vanatta, 1915: 558.

+ — Lea, 1870: 91.

+ Unio complanatus Solander — Conrad, 1853: 247.

+ — Lea, 1852: 57.

+ — Lea, 1836: 58.

+ Unio complanatus Soland., Dilw. — Ferussac, 1835: 26.

= Unio (Elliptio) aurata — Rafinesque, 1820: 295.

= Potamilus aurata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1818: 355, sp. 17.