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

nominal species Unio subinflatus Conrad, 1835

Unio subinflatus Conrad, 1835 = Elliptio complanata

Conrad, 1835. New Fresh-Water Shells, Appendix: 5, pl. 9, fig. 2.
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 97, pl. 54, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 258.
Type(s): SYNTYPE ANSP_119985, Augusta, Ga.

= 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 subinflatus (Conrad, 1835) — Haas, 1969

= Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-subinflatus (Conrad, 1835) — Frierson, 1927

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) subinflatus Conrad, 1835 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) subinflatus Conrad, 1835 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio subinflatus Con. — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) subinflatus (Con.) — Lea, 1870

= Unio subinflatus Con., 1835 — Conrad, 1853

+ Margaron (Unio) complanatus (Soland. Dill.) — Lea, 1852

= Unio subinflatus Conrad, 1835 — Conrad, 1838