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nominal species Unio dissimilis Lea, 1872

Unio dissimilis Lea, 1872 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 161.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 53 [57], pl. 18, fig. 52.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86019, Long Creek, Gaston Co., N.C.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 162.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 319.

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

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

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) burkensis Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1914: 674.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) burkensis Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1900: 730.

= Unio dissimilis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [2].