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

nominal species Unio barrattii Lea, 1852

Unio barrattii Lea, 1852 = Elliptio icterina

Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 256 [12], pl. 13, fig. 5.
Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86010, Abbeville District, S.C.

= Elliptio icterina

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1972

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus tuomeyi (Lea, 1852) — Haas, 1969

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-tuomeyi (Lea, 1852) — Frierson, 1927

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

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

= Unio (s.s.) barrotti [sic] Lea, 1852 — Paetel, 1890

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

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

= Unio barrattii Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio barrattii Lea, 1852 — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) barrattii (Lea) — Lea, 1852