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nominal species Unio purus Lea, 1858

Unio purus Lea, 1858 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 41.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 61 [65], pl. 4, fig. 209.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85003, Neuse R., near Raleigh, N.C.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 170.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 316.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceus (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969: 234.

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

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) purus Lea, 1858 — Simpson, 1914: 673.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) purus Lea, 1858 — Simpson, 1900: 729.

= Unio purus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [5].

= Margaron (Unio) purus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 43.