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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio congaraea

nominal species Unio forbesianus Lea, 1852

Lea, 1852, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1852, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 264 [20], pl. 16, fig. 17.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84542, Savannah R., Ga.

= Elliptio congaraea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) congaraeus (Lea, 1831) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) congaraea (Lea, 1831) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
= Elliptio (s.s.) forbesianus (Lea, 1853) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) forbesianus (Lea, 1853) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) forbesianus Lea, 1853 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) forbesianus Lea, 1853 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio forbesianus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) forbesianus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio forbesianus Lea, 1852 — Sowerby, 1868
= Unio forbesianus Lea — Küster, 1861
= Unio (Lampsilis) forbesianus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio forbesianus Lea, 1852 — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) forbesianus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

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