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

nominal species Unio congaraeus Conrad, 1836

Unio congaraeus Conrad, 1836 = Elliptio congaraea

‘Lea’ Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(3): 27, pl. 12, fig. 1 [as ‘congaræus’].
(reference to Unio congaraeus Lea, 1831)

= Elliptio congaraea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) forbesianus (Lea, 1853) — Frierson, 1927

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) congaraeus Lea, 1831 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) congaraeus Lea, 1831 — Simpson, 1900

 
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