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

nominal species Unio rostriformis Lea, 1857

Unio rostriformis Lea, 1857 = Elliptio lanceolata

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 262 [as ‘rostræformis’].
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 64, pl. 10, fig. 46.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 60.
(error for Unio rostraeformis Lea, 1857)

= Elliptio lanceolata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio producta (Conrad, 1836) — Bieler, 2021

+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) rostraeformis Lea, 1856 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) rostraeformis Lea, 1856 — Simpson, 1900

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

 
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