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 wheatleyi Lea, 1857

Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 85.
(renamed Unio catawbensis Lea, 1857)

= Elliptio complanata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Bieler, 2021
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
= Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus wheatleyi (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-catawbensis (Lea, 1862) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) rostrum Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) catawbensis Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1900

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