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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Pleurobema clava nominal species Unio (Aximedia) elliptica Rafinesque, 1820  Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus ellipticus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 296 [also as ‘Elliptio elliptica’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 42.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20213, [no locality available - North America].
= Pleurobema clava Taxonomic Opinions+ Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Watters et al., 2009 + Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008 + Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998 + Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975 + Obovaria (s.s.) subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969 + Obovaria (s.s.) subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927 + Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922 + Pleurobema clava Lam. — Vanatta, 1915 + — Simpson, 1914 + — Simpson, 1900 = Unio (Limnium sec. Aximedia) ellipticus Rafinesqu — Fischer, 1887 + — Lea, 1870 + — Lea, 1852 + — Lea, 1836 = Unio elliptica Raf. — Ferussac, 1835 = Obliquaria (Aximedia) elliptica (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1831 = Unio (Aximedia) elliptica — Rafinesque, 1820 = Potamilus ellipticus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1818
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