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

nominal species Mya complanata Lightfoot, 1786

Mya complanata Lightfoot, 1786 = Elliptio complanata

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 150, fig. 5.
Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 100, no. 2190.
‘Solander’s MSS.’ Dillwyn, 1817. Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells 1: 51.

= Elliptio complanata

Taxonomic Opinions

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Dai et al., 2025

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Chen et al., 2025

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — FMCS, 2025

= Elliptio complanataWu et al., 2024

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Dai et al., 2024

= Elliptio complanata ([Lightfoot], 1786) — MolluscaBase, 2024

= Elliptio complanataWu et al., 2024

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Dai et al., 2023

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Wu et al., 2023

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Wu et al., 2022

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2022

= Elliptio complanataMejia-Trujillo & Smith, 2022

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Bieler, 2021

= Elliptio complanataSonowal et al., 2021

= Elliptio complanataPatterson et al., 2021

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — FMCS, 2021

= Elliptio complanataSmith, 2021

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Wu et al., 2021

= Elliptio complanataLopes-Lima et al., 2020

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Bolotov et al., 2020

= Elliptio complanataFukata & Iigo, 2020

= Elliptio complanataTeiga-Teixeira et al., 2020

= Elliptio complanataGasparini et al., 2020

= Elliptio complanataRogers et al., 2020

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Huang et al., 2019

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Pfeiffer et al., 2019

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Bolotov et al., 2018

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Wu et al., 2018

= Elliptio complanataInoue et al., 2018

= “L.” complanataMarshall et al., 2018

= Elliptio complanataMetzger et al., 2018

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Bolotov et al., 2017

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Bolotov et al., 2017

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Williams et al., 2017

= Elliptio complanataPerkins et al., 2017

= Elliptio complanataLuchetti et al., 2016

= Elliptio complanataNishihara et al., 2016

= Elliptio complanataJeffrey et al., 2016

= Elliptio complanataGoodchild et al., 2015

= Elliptio complanataKongim et al., 2015

= Elliptio complanataJones, 2015

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Scott et al., 2014

= Elliptio complanataCornman et al., 2014

= Elliptio complanataAbernethy et al., 2013

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — ITIS, 2012

= Elliptio complanataHaag, 2012

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — IUCN, 2011

= Elliptio complanataDistel et al., 2011

= Elliptio complanata Lightfoot, 1786 — Bogan, 2010

= Elliptio complanataWard et al., 2010

= Elliptio complanataCummings & Graf, 2010

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Watters et al., 2009

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Kneeland & Rhymer, 2007

= Elliptio complanataSerb et al., 2003

= Elliptio complanataSietman, 2003

= Elliptio complanataGiribet & Distel, 2003

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Graf, 2002

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Bogan, 2002

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000

= Elliptio complanataNagel, 2000

= Elliptio complanataDistel, 2000

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Campbell, 2000

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot) — Lydeard et al., 1999

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997

= Elliptio complanataRosenberg et al., 1997

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Adamkewicz et al., 1997

= Elliptio complanataRosenberg et al., 1994

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot) — Williams et al., 1993

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot) — Davis, 1984

= Elliptio complanataKat & Davis, 1984

= Elliptio complanataKat, 1983

= Elliptio complanataKat, 1983

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot) — Davis, 1983

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot) — Davis & Fuller, 1981

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Davis et al., 1981

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot) — Mackie et al., 1980

= Elliptio complanata (Solander) — Mathiak, 1979

= Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975

= Elliptio complanata (Solander, 1786) — Clarke, 1973

= Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceus (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969

= Elliptio complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — F.C. Baker, 1928

= Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927

= Elliptio complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

= Unio complanatus Dillwyn, 1817 — Walker, 1918

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (‘Solander’ Dillwyn, 1817) — Simpson, 1914

+ de Gregorio, 1914

= Elliptio complanatus (Dillwyn) — Ortmann, 1911

= Unio complanatus (Dillw.) — Ortmann, 1910

= Unio complanatus Dillw. — Ortmann, 1909

= Unio complanatus (Dillwyn) — Ortmann, 1909

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (Solander) Dillwyn, 1817 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio complanatus Sol. — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) complanata (Solan.) — Lea, 1870

= Naia complanatus (Lea) [sic] — Perkins, 1869

+ Unio purpureus Say, 1817 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio (Niäa) complanata Soland. — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio complanatus Solander — Küster, 1856

= Unio complanatus Solander — Conrad, 1853

+ Unio (Elliptio) purpureus Say — Mörch, 1853

= Unio complanata Sol. — Agassiz, 1852

= Margaron (Unio) complanatus (Soland. Dill.) — Lea, 1852

= Unio complanatus (Soland.) — Stimpson, 1851

= Unio (Alasm.) complanatus Solander — Middendorff, 1851

= Unio complanatus Solander — Linsley, 1845

= Unio complanatus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Unio complanatusDe Kay, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) complanatus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) complanata (‘Solander’ Dillwyn, 1817) — Lea, 1836

= Unio complanatus Soland., Dilw. — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio complanatusJay, 1835

= Unio complanata Soland — Ravenel, 1834

= Unio complanatus (Solander) — Lea, 1834

= Unio complanatus Solander MSS. — Lea, 1829

+ Unio ellipticusBarnes, 1823

= Mya complanata Solander’s MSS. — Dillwyn, 1817

= Mya complanataHumphrey, 1797

 
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