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

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species Amblema elliottii (Lea, 1856): synonymy
     1 specimen + 1 Genbank voucher

Unio elliottii Lea, 1856
Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 262.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 54, pl. 7, fig. 37.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84019, Othcalooga Cr., Gordon Co., Ga.

Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) elliottiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Amblema perplicatus elliottiOrtmann (1923)
Amblema (s.s.) plicata-elliottiiFrierson (1927)
Amblema plicata costataHaas (1969)
Amblema plicataBurch (1975)
Amblema elliottiiMulvey et al. (1997), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Campbell et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Patterson et al. (2021), Porto-Hannes et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Amblema elliottiHaag (2012)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta) elliottiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Amblema perplicatus elliottiOrtmann (1923)
Amblema (s.s.) plicata-elliottiiFrierson (1927)
Amblema plicata costataHaas (1969)
Amblema plicataBurch (1975)
Amblema elliottiiMulvey et al. (1997), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Campbell et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Patterson et al. (2021), Porto-Hannes et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Amblema elliottiHaag (2012)

 
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