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 percoarctatus Lea, 1857

Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 85.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 59 [63], pl. 3, fig. 206.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85529, Catawba R., Mecklenburg Co., N.C.

= 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 jejunus (Lea, 1838) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-jejunus (Lea, 1838) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus var. jejunus Lea, 1838 — Simpson, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus var. jejunus (Solander) Dillwyn, 1817 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio percoarctatus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) percoarctatus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio percoarctatus Lea, MS — Sowerby, 1866

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