Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio

species Elliptio mediocris (Lea, 1863): synonymy

1 specimen

Synonymy

image of type lot

Unio mediocris Lea, 1863

Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 192.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 24 [28], pl. 7, fig. 22.
HOLOTYPE USNM_85611, Neuse R., Raleigh, N.C.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus — Simpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) (Group of U. complanatus) complanatus — Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus — Frierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceus — Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanata — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio mediocris — Bogan (2002), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus — Simpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) (Group of U. complanatus) complanatus — Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus — Frierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceus — Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanata — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio mediocris — Bogan (2002), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)