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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptoideus sloatianus

nominal species Unio atromarginatus Lea, 1840

Lea, 1840, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288 [as ‘atro-marginatus’].
Lea, 1842, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 207 [45], pl. 13, fig. 21 [as ‘atro-marginatus’].

= Elliptoideus sloatianus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Williams et al., 2014
+ Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Williams et al., 2011
+ Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000
+ Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827) — Howells et al., 1996
+ Plectomerus dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827) — Oesch, 1984
+ Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (Elliptoideus) sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Clench & Turner, 1956
+ Elliptio (Elliptoideus) sloatianus (Lea, 1840) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) sloatianus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — de Gregorio, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) sloatianus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio trapezoides Lea — Call, 1895
= Unio (sec. Metaptera) atromarginatus Lea, 1840 — Paetel, 1890
= Unio atromarginatus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) atromarginatus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio atromarginatus Lea — Küster, 1861
= Unio (Metaptera) atromarginatus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Plectomerus atromarginatus (Lea) — Conrad, 1853
= Complanaria atromarginatus — Agassiz, 1852
= Margaron (Unio) atromarginatus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

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