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 quadrilaterus Lea, 1863

Lea, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 192.
Lea, 1866, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 5 [9], pl. 1, fig. 1.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85385, Neuse R., near Raleigh, N.C.

= Elliptio complanata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ 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 var. quadrilaterus Lea, 1863 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus var. quadrilaterus Lea, 1863 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio quadrilaterus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) quadrilaterus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio quadrilaterus Lea, 1863 — Lea, 1866

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