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

nominal species Unio subsquamosus Lea, 1872

Unio subsquamosus Lea, 1872 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 160.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 47 [51], pl. 16, fig. 45.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85557, Yadkin R., N.C.

= 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 wheatleyi (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969

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

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) icterinus Conrad, 1834 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (Solander) Dillwyn, 1817 — Simpson, 1900

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