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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio complanata

nominal species Unio yadkinensis Lea, 1872

Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 156.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 32 [36], pl. 10, fig. 29.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85387, Yadkin R., Salisbury, [Rowand Co.], N.C.

= Elliptio complanata

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

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

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

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

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

= Unio yadkinensis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

 
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