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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio complanata

nominal species Unio (Elliptio) aurata Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1818, Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus auratus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 295.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 40.

= Elliptio complanata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceus (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927
- NO OPINION — Vanatta, 1915
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
+ Unio complanatus Solander — Conrad, 1853
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1836
+ Unio complanatus Soland., Dilw. — Ferussac, 1835
= Unio (Elliptio) aurata — Rafinesque, 1820
= Potamilus aurata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1818

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