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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio lanceolata

nominal species Unio naviculoides Lea, 1857

Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 170.
Lea, 1858, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 94, pl. 20, fig. 74.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86005, Buck Head Cr., Burke Co., Ga.

= Elliptio lanceolata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
= Elliptio (s.s.) naviculoides (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) naviculoides (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) naviculoides Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) naviculoides Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio naviculoides Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) naviculoides (Lea) — Lea, 1870
+ Unio jayensis Lea, 1838 — Sowerby, 1867

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