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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio lanceolata

nominal species Unio sagittiformis Lea, 1852

Lea, 1852, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 277 [33], pl. 22, fig. 35.
Lea, 1852, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 252 [as ‘sagittaformis’]. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85970, Oconee R., near Athens, Ga.

= Elliptio lanceolata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — 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) sagittiformis Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) sagittiformis Lea, 1852 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio sagittæformis [sic] Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) sagittæformis [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio sagittiformis Lea, 1852 — Sowerby, 1868
= Unio sagittiformis Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio sagittiformis Lea, 1852 — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) sagittiformis (Lea) — Lea, 1852

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