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

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species Elliptio nasutidus (Lea, 1863): synonymy
     1 specimen

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), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

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 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)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

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]Bogan (2002), Perkins et al. (2017), Inoue et al. (2018)
Elliptio productaBieler (2021)
Elliptio nasutidusMolluscaBase (2024), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

 
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