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nominal species Unio exacutus Lea, 1872

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Unio exacutus Lea, 1872 = Elliptio folliculata

Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 159.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 45 [49], pl. 15, fig. 43.
FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85862, Savannah R., at Gov. Hamilton’s, Georgia.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Burch, 1975: 163.

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

holotype USNM_85872 — Savannah River at Governor Hamilton’s [Mansion, 8 mi S of Hardeeville, Jasper Co., South Carolina], Georgia.

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

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

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) (Group of U. fisherianus) folliculatus Lea — Simpson, 1914: 697.

- UNASSIGNED — de Gregorio, 1914: 55.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) folliculatus Lea — Simpson, 1900: 737.

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