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

nominal species Unio rostellum Lea, 1872

Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 160.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 44 [48], pl. 15, fig. 41.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85972, Macon, Ga.

= Elliptio folliculata

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

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

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

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

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) folliculatus Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1900

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

 
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