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

nominal species Unio northamptonensis Lea, 1861

Unio northamptonensis Lea, 1861 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 190 [12], pl. 25, fig. 260.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85527, Conn. R., Northampton, Mass.

= 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 northamptonensis (Lea, 1862) — Haas, 1969

= Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-northamptonensis (Lea, 1862) — Frierson, 1927

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensis var. northamptonensis Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio northamptonensis Lea — de Gregorio, 1914

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensis var. northamptonensis Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1900

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

= Margaron (Unio) northamptonensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870