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

nominal species Unio maconensis Lea, 1857

Unio maconensis Lea, 1857 = Elliptio pullata

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 172.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 93, pl. 20, fig. 73.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86004, Flint R., near Macon, Ga.

= Elliptio pullata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) — Williams et al., 2014

+ Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) — Williams et al., 2011

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

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

+ Elliptio (s.s.) rostraeformis (Lea, 1856) — Haas, 1969

+ Elliptio (s.s.) rostraeformis (Lea, 1856) — Frierson, 1927

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) rostraeformis Lea, 1856 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) rostraeformis Lea, 1856 — Simpson, 1900

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

= Margaron (Unio) maconensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio jayensis Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1867