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 emmonsii Lea, 1857

Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 86.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 56 [60], pl. 2, fig. 203.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86028, Roanoke R., Weldon, N.C.

= Elliptio lanceolata

Taxonomic Opinions

= Elliptio emmonsii (Lea, 1857) — Bogan, 2002
+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
= Elliptio (s.s.) emmonsii (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) emmonsii (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) emmonsii Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio emmonsii, aff. Lea — de Gregorio, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) emmonsii Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio emmonsii Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) emmonsii (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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