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

nominal species Unio aquilus Lea, 1857

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Unio aquilus Lea, 1857 = Elliptio pullata

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 172.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 92, pl. 20, fig. 72.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85993, Flint R., near Macon, Georgia.

= Elliptio pullata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) — Williams et al., 2014

+ Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) — Williams et al., 2011

+ Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1972

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Haas, 1969

+ Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) — Clench & Turner, 1956

= Elliptio (s.s.) aquilus (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) aquilus Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) aquilus Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (s.s.) aquilus Lea, 1857 — Paetel, 1890

= Unio aquilus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) aquilus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio jayensis var. æquillus [sic] Lea, 1857 — Sowerby, 1868

+ Unio jayensis Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1867

 
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