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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio icterina

nominal species Unio hastatus Lea, 1874

Lea, 1874, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 25: 423.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 56 [60], pl. 19, fig. 54.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86013, Abbeville District, S.C.

= Elliptio icterina

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1972
+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus pullatus (Lea, 1856) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-pullatus (Lea, 1858) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) tuomeyi Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) tuomeyi Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio hastatus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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