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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini

genus Elliptoideus Frierson, 1927: synonymy
     1 Recent valid species (1 total species)

Elliptoideus Frierson, 1927
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 33.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819)
Type species: Unio sloatianus Lea, 1840 (orig. desig.) = Elliptoideus sloatianus

Elliptoidens Salisbury, 1948
Salisbury, 1948. Zool. Rec. 82: 81.
(error for Elliptoideus Frierson, 1927)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Elliptio)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (Elliptoideus)Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
ElliptioThiele (1934), Clench & Turner (1956)
Nephronaias (Elliptoideus)Haas (1969)
ElliptoideusBurch (1975), Davis (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Lydeard et al. (1996), ... Smith et al. (2020), Smith et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
PlectomerusOesch (1984), Howells et al. (1996)

 
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