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nominal species Unio humerosus Lea, 1868

image of type lot

Unio humerosus Lea, 1868 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 161.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 301 [61], pl. 45, fig. 113.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85414, Sugar Cr., near Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Co., N.C.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 165.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 318.

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

= Unio humerosusHenderson, 1935: 94.

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

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (‘Solander’ Dillwyn, 1817) — Simpson, 1914: 656.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (Solander) Dillwyn, 1817 — Simpson, 1900: 724.

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

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