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nominal species Unio inusitatis Lea, 1859

Unio inusitatis Lea, 1859 = Elliptio hopetonensis

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 171.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 333 [15], pl. 52, fig. 158.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85531, Swift Cr., bel. Macon, Ga.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) hopetonensis (Lea, 1838) — Burch, 1975: 165.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) hopetonensis (Lea, 1838) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 324.

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

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

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) inusitatis Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1914: 670.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) inusitatis Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1900: 729.

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

= Margaron (Unio) inusitatus [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 51.