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

nominal species Unio gesnerii Lea, 1874

Unio gesnerii Lea, 1874 = Elliptio fumata

Lea, 1874. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 25: 424.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 65 [68], pl. 22, fig. 61.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85670, Uchee R., near Columbus, Ga.

= Elliptio fumata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio fumata (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2014

+ Elliptio fumata (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2011

+ Elliptio fumata (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000

+ 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 strigosus (Lea, 1840) — Clench & Turner, 1956

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

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) tuomeyi Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) tuomeyi Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1900

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