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nominal species Unio spadiceus Lea, 1857

Unio spadiceus Lea, 1857 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 86.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 55 [59], pl. 1, fig. 201.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85251, Deep R., N.C.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 173.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 315.

= Elliptio (s.s.) spadiceus (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969: 241.

= Elliptio (s.s.) spadiceus (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927: 33, sp. 109.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) spadiceus Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1914: 681.

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) spadiceus Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1900: 732.

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

= Margaron (Unio) spadiceus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 48.