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

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species Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1857): synonymy
     11 specimens

Unio aquilus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 172.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 92, pl. 20, fig. 72.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85993, Flint R., near Macon, Georgia.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) aquilusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) aquilusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio strigosusClench & Turner (1956)
Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio icterinaBrim Box & Williams (2000)
Elliptio pullataWilliams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio extensus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 31.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 67, pl. 12, fig. 49.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85995, Dry Cr., Columbus, Ga.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) angustatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) angustatusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio strigosusClench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio pullataWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio maconensis Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 172.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 93, pl. 20, fig. 73.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86004, Flint R., near Macon, Ga.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) rostraeformisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) rostraeformisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio pullataWilliams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio pullatis Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 262.
(incorrect original spelling of Unio pullatus Lea, 1857)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86020, creeks near Columbus, Ga.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) tuomeyiSimpson (1914)
Elliptio strigosusClench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus pullatusHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio icterinaBrim Box & Williams (2000)
Elliptio pullataWilliams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2014), Bieler (2021)

Unio pullatus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 262 [as ‘pullatis’].
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 57, pl. 8, fig. 39.
(correct name for Unio pullatis Lea, 1857)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86020, creeks near Columbus, Ga.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) tuomeyiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio pullatusde Gregorio (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-pullatusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio strigosusClench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus pullatusHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio icterinaBrim Box & Williams (2000)
Elliptio pullataWilliams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2014), ... FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Unio sublatus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 169.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 82, pl. 16, fig. 62.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85897, Uchee Bar, Columbus, Ga.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) tuomeyiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio strigosusClench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceusHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio icterinaBrim Box & Williams (2000)
Elliptio pullataWilliams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio tetricus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 170.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 195 [13], pl. 22, fig. 78.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85655, Flint R., Albany, Ga.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) arctatus var. tortivusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) tortivusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio strigosusClench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio arctataParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Elliptio icterinaBrim Box & Williams (2000)
Elliptio pullataWilliams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio roswellensis Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 165.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 205 [23], pl. 24, fig. 87.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85467, Chattahooche R., Roswell, Cobb Co., Ga.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio roswellensisde Gregorio (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceusHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio complanataBrim Box & Williams (2000)
Elliptio pullataWilliams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio verutus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 171.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 335 [17], pl. 53, fig. 160.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85899, Flat Rock Cr., near Columbus, Ga.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) tuomeyiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-tuomeyiFrierson (1927)
Elliptio strigosusClench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus tuomeyiHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio icterinaBrim Box & Williams (2000)
Elliptio pullataWilliams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio viridiradiatus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 336 [18], pl. 53, fig. 161.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86018, Big Uchee R., bel. Columbus, Ga.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) tuomeyiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio strigosusClench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceusHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio icterinaBrim Box & Williams (2000)
Elliptio pullataWilliams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio mercerii Lea, 1862
Lea, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 169.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 209 [31], pl. 31, fig. 278.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86057, Lee Co., Flint Dr., Ga.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) arctatus var. tortivusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) arctatusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio strigosusClench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio arctataParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Elliptio icterinaBrim Box & Williams (2000)
Elliptio pullataWilliams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio singularis B.H. Wright, 1899
B.H. Wright, 1899. Nautilus 13(7): 75.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_159988, Spring Cr., Decatur Co., Ga.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) singularisSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) erransFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio icterinaBrim Box & Williams (2000)
Elliptio pullataWilliams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014)

Unio bullatus Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 311.
(error for Unio pullatus Lea, 1857)

Unio jayensis var. aequillus Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 67, sp. 343 [as ‘æquillus’].
(error for Unio aquilus Lea, 1857)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) jayensisSimpson (1900)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) aquilusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) angustatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) rostraeformisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) tuomeyiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) arctatus var. tortivusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) jayensisSimpson (1900)
Unio pullatusde Gregorio (1914)
Unio roswellensisde Gregorio (1914)
de Gregorio (1914), Haas (1969)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) singularisSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) aquilusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) angustatusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) rostraeformisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-pullatusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatusFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) tortivusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-tuomeyiFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (s.s.) arctatusFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) erransFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio strigosusClench & Turner (1956)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus pullatusHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceusHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus tuomeyiHaas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) icterinaR.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio (s.s.) complanataR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975)
Elliptio arctataParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Elliptio icterinaBrim Box & Williams (2000)
Elliptio complanataBrim Box & Williams (2000)
Elliptio pullataWilliams et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2011), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2014), ... FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

 
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