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nominal species Unio rostrum Lea, 1861

Unio rostrum Lea, 1861 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 391.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 201 [23], pl. 29, fig. 270.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85556, Davidson Co., N.C.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 171.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 317.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus wheatleyi (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969: 239.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-catawbensis (Lea, 1862) — Frierson, 1927: 32.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) rostrum Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1914: 660.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) catawbensis Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1900: 726.

= Unio rostrum Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [5].

= Margaron (Unio) rostrum (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 52.