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nominal species Unio gracilentus Lea, 1857

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Unio gracilentus Lea, 1857 = Elliptio arctata

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 85.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 58 [62], pl. 3, fig. 205.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85976, Catawba R., Gaston Co., N.C.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834) — MolluscaBase, 2024: [web].

+ Elliptio (s.s.) arctata (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975: 164.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) arctata (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 332.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) perstriatus (Lea, 1852) — Haas, 1969: 243.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) perstriatus (Lea, 1852) — Frierson, 1927: 33.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) perstriatus Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1914: 679.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) perstriatus Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1900: 731.

= Unio gracilentus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [3].

= Margaron (Unio) gracilentus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 60.