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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio complanata nominal species Unio purus Lea, 1858  Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 41.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 61 [65], pl. 4, fig. 209.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85003, Neuse R., near Raleigh, N.C.
= Elliptio complanata Taxonomic Opinions+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975 + Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970 + Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceus (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969 + Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927 = Unio (sec. Elliptio) purus Lea, 1858 — Simpson, 1914 = Unio (sec. Elliptio) purus Lea, 1858 — Simpson, 1900 = Unio purus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888 = Margaron (Unio) purus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
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