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nominal species Unio attenuatus Lea, 1872

Unio attenuatus Lea, 1872 = Elliptio folliculata

Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 157.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 41 [45], pl. 14, fig. 38.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85974, Beaver Cr., Houston Co., Ga.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Burch, 1975: 159.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 334.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) folliculatus (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969: 240.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) folliculatus (Lea, 1838) — Frierson, 1927: 32.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) folliculatus Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1914: 697.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) attenuatus Lea, 1872 — Simpson, 1900: 736.

= Unio attenuatus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [1].