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nominal species Unio decumbens Lea, 1861

Unio decumbens Lea, 1861 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 40.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 87 [291], pl. 12, fig. 236.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86150, Alabama.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ — Williams et al., 2008: 817.

= Margaritifera decumbens Lea, 1861 — D.G. Smith, 2001: 43.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 162.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 317.

= Margaritifera decumbens (Lea, 1861) — Haas, 1969: 14.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927: 24.

= Margaritana decumbens (Lea, 1861) — Simpson, 1914: 522.

= Margaritana decumbens (Lea, 1861) — Simpson, 1900: 679.

= Unio decumbens Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [2].

= Margaron (Unio) decumbens (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 62.

= Unio decumbens Lea, 1861 — Sowerby, 1868: pl. 82, sp. 432.