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nominal species Unio quadrilaterus Lea, 1863

Unio quadrilaterus Lea, 1863 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 192.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 5 [9], pl. 1, fig. 1.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85385, Neuse R., near Raleigh, N.C.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 171.

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

+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceus (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969: 235.

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

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus var. quadrilaterus Lea, 1863 — Simpson, 1914: 659.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus var. quadrilaterus Lea, 1863 — Simpson, 1900: 725.

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

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

= Unio quadrilaterus Lea, 1863 — Lea, 1866: 9, pl. 1, fig. 1.