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nominal species Unio macer Lea, 1857

image of type lot

Unio macer Lea, 1857 = Elliptio roanokensis

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 86.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 202 [24], pl. 29, fig. 271.
Type(s): 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.

+ Haas, 1969.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927: 31.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensis Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1914: 667.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) roanokensis Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1900: 728.

= Margaron (Unio) macer (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 51.