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nominal species Unio ablatus Lea, 1863

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Unio ablatus Lea, 1863 = Elliptio icterina

Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 13 [17], pl. 4, fig. 10 [as ‘oblatus’].
LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_86001 (by R.I. Johnson, 1970: 327), Gaston Co., N.C.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834) — Bieler, 2021: 8.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975: 159.

- UNASSIGNED — R.I. Johnson, 1974: 10.

holotype USNM_86001 — Long Creek, Gaston Co., North Carolina.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1972: 206.

holotype USNM_86001 — Long Creek, Gaston Co., North Carolina.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 327.

holotype USNM_86001 — Long Creek, Gaston Co., North Carolina.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceus (Spengler) — Haas, 1969: 235.

- UNASSIGNED — R.I. Johnson, 1956: 105.

paratype MCZ_150806 — Long Creek, Gaston Co., North Carolina (ex. J.G. Anthony)

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927: 30.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) (Group of U. complanatus) oblatus Lea — Simpson, 1914: 675.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) oblatus Lea — Simpson, 1900: 730.

+ Unio oblatus Lea, 1863 — Lea, 1866: 17.