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

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio

species Elliptio producta (Conrad, 1836): synonymy
     1 specimen

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), ... FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

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 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 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 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), ... FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

 
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