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nominal species Unio rufus Lea, 1857

Unio rufus Lea, 1857 = Elliptio arca

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 171.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 85, pl. 17, fig. 61.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86070, Etowah R., Cass Co., Ga.

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Elliptio arca (Conrad, 1834) — Williams et al., 2008: 176.

+ Elliptio arca (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 75.

+ Elliptio (Eurynia) nasutus fulvus (Rafinesque, 1831) — Haas, 1969: 244.

+ Elliptio (Eurynaia [sic]) dilatatus-fulvus (Rafinesque, 1831) — Frierson, 1927: 34.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) gibbosus var. subgibbosus Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1914: 599.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) gibbosus var. subgibbosus Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1900: 704.

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

= Margaron (Unio) rufus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 61.