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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio

species Elliptio producta (Conrad, 1836): synonymy
     2 specimens

Unio productus Conrad, 1836
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(3): 31, pl. 14, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 255.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_41397, [no locality available - North America].

Unio (sec. Elliptio) productusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio productusOrtmann (1910)
Elliptio productusOrtmann (1911), Ortmann (1912), Ortmann & Walker (1922)
Elliptio (s.s.) productusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio productaDavis (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024)

Unio barrotti Küster, 1861
‘Lea’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 189, pl. 59, fig. 6.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) productusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) productusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)

Unio nasutidus Lea, 1863
Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 192.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) nasutulusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio nasutilus [sic]Bogan (2002), Inoue et al. (2018)
Elliptio productaBieler (2021)
Elliptio nasutidusMolluscaBase (2024)

Unio nasutilus Simpson, 1900
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 735.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 691.
R.I. Johnson, 1970. Bull. MCZ 140(6): 334.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 167.
Bogan, 2002. Workbook Key Freshw. Biv. NC: Table 5.
Perkins et al., 2017. Conserv. Genet. 18: 752.
Inoue et al., 2018. Invert. Syst. 32: Table S2.
(error for Unio nasutidus Lea, 1863)

Elliptio productaBieler (2021)

Unio nasutus Conrad, 1838
‘Say’ Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 38, pl. 18, fig. 1 [upper]. [in part]
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover correginda [as ‘U. fisherianus Lea’].
(misidentified reference to Unio nasutus Say, 1817)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) fisherianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) productusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)

Unio nasutulus Lea, 1866
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 12 [16], pl. 3, fig. 9.
(error for Unio nasutidus Lea, 1863)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86027, Livingston Cr., Brunswick Co., N.C.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) nasutulusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) productusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio nasutilus [sic]Perkins et al. (2017)
Elliptio productaBieler (2021)

Unio nasululus Simpson, 1914
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 691.
(error for Unio nasutulus Lea, 1866)

Elliptio productaBieler (2021)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) productusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) fisherianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) nasutulusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio productusOrtmann (1910)
Elliptio productusOrtmann (1911), Ortmann (1912), Ortmann & Walker (1922)
de Gregorio (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) productusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio productaDavis (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024)
Elliptio nasutilus [sic]Bogan (2002), Perkins et al. (2017), Inoue et al. (2018)
Elliptio nasutidusMolluscaBase (2024)

 
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