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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 | 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) fraternusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) fraternusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio strigosusClench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) fraternaR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio fraternaTurgeon 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) fraternusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) fraternusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio strigosusClench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) fraternaR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio fraternaTurgeon 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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