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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 oblongus Lea, 1872  Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 158.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 52 [56], pl. 18, fig. 50.
(homonym of Unio moquinianus var. oblongus Moquin-Tandon, 1855)
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85572, Irwins Cr., Mecklenberg Co., 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 wheatleyi (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969 + Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-catawbensis (Lea, 1862) — Frierson, 1927 + Unio (sec. Elliptio) rostrum Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1914 + Unio (sec. Elliptio) catawbensis Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1900 = Unio oblongus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
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