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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio downiei

nominal species Unio spissus Lea, 1859

Lea, 1859, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 112.
Lea, 1859, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 208 [26], pl. 25, fig. 89.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84853, Satilla R., Ga.

= Elliptio downiei

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) crassidens downiei (Lea, 1858) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
= Elliptio (s.s.) spissus (Lea, 1859) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) spissus (Lea, 1859) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) spissus Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) spissus Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio spissus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) spissus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio spissus Lea, 1859 — Sowerby, 1868

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