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

nominal species Unio (Elliptio) aurata Rafinesque, 1820

= Elliptio complanata

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

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

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

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

+ — Vanatta, 1915

+ — Lea, 1870

+ Unio complanatus Solander — Conrad, 1853

+ — Lea, 1852

+ — Lea, 1836

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

= Unio (Elliptio) aurata — Rafinesque, 1820

= Potamilus aurata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1818