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nominal species Unio perlucens Lea, 1863

image of type lot

Unio perlucens Lea, 1863 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 18 [22], pl. 5, fig. 16.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85076, Six Runs, Sampson Co., N Carolina.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 169.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 317.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) micans (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969: 242.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) micans (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927: 33.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) micans Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1914: 636.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) micans Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1900: 714.

= Unio perlucens Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [4].

= Margaron (Unio) perlucens (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 45.

= Unio perlucens Lea, 1863 — Lea, 1866: 22, pl. 5, fig. 16.