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 subinflatus Conrad, 1835

Conrad, 1835, New Fresh-Water Shells, Appendix: 5, pl. 9, fig. 2.
Conrad, 1838, Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 97, pl. 54, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 258.
Type(s): SYNTYPE ANSP_119985, Augusta, Ga.

= 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 subinflatus (Conrad, 1835) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-subinflatus (Conrad, 1835) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) subinflatus Conrad, 1835 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) subinflatus Conrad, 1835 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio subinflatus Con. — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) subinflatus (Con.) — Lea, 1870
= Unio subinflatus Con., 1835 — Conrad, 1853
+ Margaron (Unio) complanatus (Soland. Dill.) — Lea, 1852
= Unio subinflatus Conrad, 1835 — Conrad, 1838

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