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

nominal species Unio strumosus Lea, 1872

Unio strumosus Lea, 1872 = Elliptio congaraea

Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 158.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 57 [61], pl. 19, fig. 55.
Lea, 1874. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 25: 423.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85755, Yadkin R., N.C.

= Elliptio congaraea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) congaraeus (Lea, 1831) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) congaraea (Lea, 1831) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

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

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

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) strumosus Lea, 1872 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) strumosus Lea, 1872 — Simpson, 1900

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