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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!
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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio complanata nominal species Unio quadrilaterus Lea, 1863  Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 192.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 5 [9], pl. 1, fig. 1.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85385, 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) complanatus var. quadrilaterus Lea, 1863 — Simpson, 1914 = Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus var. quadrilaterus Lea, 1863 — Simpson, 1900 = Unio quadrilaterus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888 = Margaron (Unio) quadrilaterus (Lea) — Lea, 1870 = Unio quadrilaterus Lea, 1863 — Lea, 1866
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