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nominal species Unio curvatus Lea, 1872

Unio curvatus Lea, 1872 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 159.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 38 [42], pl. 13, fig. 35.
(homonym of Unio bonelli var. curvata Rossmässler, 1842)
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85550, Pfeiffer’s Pond, Mecklenburg Co., N. Carolina.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 162.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 318.

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

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

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) icterinus Conrad, 1834 — Simpson, 1914: 665.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (Solander) Dillwyn, 1817 — Simpson, 1900: 724.

= Unio curvatus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [2].