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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ellipsaria lineolata

nominal species Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 303 [also as ‘U. ellipsaria’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 48.

= Ellipsaria lineolata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975
+ Plagiola lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Plagiola lineolata Raf. — Vanatta, 1915
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1900
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852
+ Margarita (Unio) securis Lea. Eat. — Lea, 1838
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1836
+ Unio ligamentina Lam. — Ferussac, 1835
= Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria — Rafinesque, 1820

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