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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio hopetonensis

nominal species Unio inusitatis Lea, 1859

Lea, 1859, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 171.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 333 [15], pl. 52, fig. 158.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85531, Swift Cr., bel. Macon, Ga.

= Elliptio hopetonensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) hopetonensis (Lea, 1838) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) hopetonensis (Lea, 1838) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceus (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) inusitatis Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) inusitatis Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio insitatus [sic] Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) inusitatus [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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