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nominal species Unio latus Lea, 1859

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Unio latus Lea, 1859 = Elliptio roanokensis

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 171.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 334 [16], pl. 53, fig. 159.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85898, Savannah, Ga.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 166.

+ 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) roanokensis Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1914: 667.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensis Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1900: 728.

= Unio latus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [3].

= Margaron (Unio) latus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 57.