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nominal species Unio rostellum Lea, 1872

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Unio rostellum Lea, 1872 = Elliptio folliculata

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.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Burch, 1975: 171.

+ 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) folliculatus Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1900: 737.

= Unio rostellum Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [5].