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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio species Elliptio fraterna (Lea, 1852): synonymy 1 specimen Unio fraternus Lea, 1852
 Lea, 1852. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 263 [19], pl. 16, fig. 15. Lea, 1852. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum] Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_85396, Abbeville, S.C.
Unio (sec. Elliptio) fraternus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Elliptio (s.s.) fraternus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) Elliptio strigosus — Clench & Turner (1956) Elliptio (s.s.) fraterna — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975) Elliptio fraterna — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Brim Box & Williams (2000), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Unio (sec. Elliptio) fraternus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Elliptio (s.s.) fraternus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) Elliptio strigosus — Clench & Turner (1956) Elliptio (s.s.) fraterna — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975) Elliptio fraterna — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), Brim Box & Williams (2000), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)
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