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nominal species Unio weldonensis Lea, 1863

Unio weldonensis Lea, 1863 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 191.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 11 [15], pl. 3, fig. 8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85407, Roanoke R., Weldon, N.C.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 176.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 317.

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

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

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (‘Solander’ Dillwyn, 1817) — Simpson, 1914: 655.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (Solander) Dillwyn, 1817 — Simpson, 1900: 723.

= Unio weldonensis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [6].

= Margaron (Unio) weldonensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 51.

= Unio weldonensis Lea, 1863 — Lea, 1866: 15, pl. 3, fig. 8.