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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio pullata

nominal species Unio roswellensis Lea, 1858

Lea, 1858, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 165.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 205 [23], pl. 24, fig. 87.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85467, Chattahooche R., Roswell, Cobb Co., Ga.

= Elliptio pullata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) — Williams et al., 2014
+ Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) — Williams et al., 2011
+ Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000
+ 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
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (‘Solander’ Dillwyn, 1817) — Simpson, 1914
= Unio roswellensis Lea — de Gregorio, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (Solander) Dillwyn, 1817 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio roswellensis Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) roswellensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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