MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio roanokensis
nominal species Unio macer Lea, 1857
Unio macer Lea, 1857 = Elliptio roanokensis
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 86.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 202 [24], pl. 29, fig. 271.
HOLOTYPE USNM_85425, Roanoke R., Weldon, N.C.
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 166.
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 315.
holotype USNM_85427 — Neuse River, near Raleigh [Wake Co.], North Carolina.
- OMITTED — Haas, 1969.
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927: 31.
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) (Group of U. complanatus) roanokensis Lea — Simpson, 1914: 667.
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensis Lea — Simpson, 1900: 728.
= Margaron (Unio) macer (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 51.
