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 ocmulgeensis Lea, 1861

Lea, 1861, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 38 [as ‘ocmulgéensis’].
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 95 [99], pl. 14, fig. 243 [as ‘ocmulgéensis’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85901, Little Ocmulgee R., Lumber City, Georgia.

= 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 ocmulgeensis (Lea, 1861) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-ocmulgeensis (Lea, 1861) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) ocmulgeensis Lea, 1861 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio ochmulgensis [sic] Lea — de Gregorio, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) ocmulgeensis Lea, 1861 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio ocmlugeensis [sic] Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) ocmulgéensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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