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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!
Bivalvia | ... | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio downiei nominal species Unio spissus Lea, 1859  Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 112.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 208 [26], pl. 25, fig. 89.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84853, Satilla R., Ga.
= Elliptio downiei Taxonomic Opinions+ Elliptio (s.s.) crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975 + Elliptio (s.s.) crassidens downiei (Lea, 1858) — R.I. Johnson, 1970 = Elliptio (s.s.) spissus (Lea, 1859) — Haas, 1969 = Elliptio (s.s.) spissus (Lea, 1859) — Frierson, 1927 = Unio (sec. Elliptio) spissus Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1914 = Unio (sec. Elliptio) spissus Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1900 = Unio spissus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888 = Margaron (Unio) spissus (Lea) — Lea, 1870 = Unio spissus Lea, 1859 — Sowerby, 1868
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