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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 catawbensis Lea, 1857  Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 104.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 54 [58], pl. 1, fig. 200.
(new name for Unio wheatleyi Lea, 1857)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85547, Catawba R., N.C.
= Elliptio complanata Taxonomic Opinions+ Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Bieler, 2021 + Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975 + Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970 + Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus wheatleyi (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969 = Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-catawbensis (Lea, 1862) — Frierson, 1927 + Unio (sec. Elliptio) rostrum Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1914 + — de Gregorio, 1914 = Unio (sec. Elliptio) catawbensis Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1900 = Unio catawbensis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888 = Margaron (Unio) catawbensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870
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