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Data last updated
Wed 04 February 2026

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

nominal species Unio verginiana Ravenel, 1834

Unio verginiana Ravenel, 1834 = Elliptio complanata

‘Lam.’ Ravenel, 1834. Cat. Rec. Shells: 6.
(error for Unio virginiana Lamarck, 1819)

= Elliptio complanata

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