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

nominal species Unio lanceolatus Lea, 1828

image of type lot

Unio lanceolatus Lea, 1828 = Elliptio lanceolata

specimen image from publicationLea, 1828. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 266 [8], pl. 3, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85905, Tar R., at Tarborough, N. Carolina.

= Elliptio lanceolata

Taxonomic Opinions

= Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — FMCS, 2025

= Elliptio lanceolata (I. Lea, 1827) — MolluscaBase, 2024

= Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — FMCS, 2021

= Elliptio lanceolataInoue et al., 2018

= Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Williams et al., 2017

= Elliptio lanceolataJones, 2015

= Elliptio lanceolata (I. Lea, 1828) — ITIS, 2012

= Elliptio lanceolataHaag, 2012

= Elliptio lanceolata Lea, 1828 — Bogan, 2010

= Elliptio lanceolataCummings & Graf, 2010

= Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Bogan, 2002

= Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Elliptio lanceolata I. Lea, 1828 — IUCN, 1996

= Elliptio lanceolata (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993

= Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Elliptio lanceolata (Lea) — Davis, 1984

= Elliptio lanceolataKat, 1983

= Elliptio lanceolata (Lea) — Davis & Fuller, 1981

= Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Davis et al., 1981

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

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

= Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolatus (Lea, 1828) — Haas, 1969

= Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolatus (Lea, 1828) — Frierson, 1927

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) lanceolatus Lea, 1828 — Simpson, 1914

= Elliptio lanceolatus (Lea) — Ortmann, 1914

= Unio lanceolatus Lea — de Gregorio, 1914

= Unio (sec. Elliptio) lanceolatus Lea, 1828 — Simpson, 1900

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

= Margaron (Unio) lanceolatus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio lanceolatus Lea, 1828 — Sowerby, 1866

= Unio lanceolatus Lea — Küster, 1861

= Unio lanceolatus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio (Eurinea) [sic] lanceolatus Lea, 1832 — Conrad, 1853

= Unio (Elliptio) lanceolatus Lea — Mörch, 1853

= Eurynia lanceolataAgassiz, 1852

= Margaron (Unio) lanceolatus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

= Unio lanceolatus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) lanceolatus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Unio lanceolatus Lea, 1828 — Conrad, 1836

= Margarita (Unio) lanceolatus (Lea, 1828) — Lea, 1836

= Unio lanceolatus Lea — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio lanceolata Lea — Deshayes, 1832

= Unio lanceolatus Lea — Lea, 1829

 
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