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 rostraeformis Lea, 1856

Lea, 1856, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 262 [as ‘rostræformis’].
Lea, 1858, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 64, pl. 10, fig. 46 [as ‘rostriformis’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85973, Swift Creek, near Macon, Georgia.

= Elliptio lanceolata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio producta (Conrad, 1836) — Bieler, 2021
+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) lanceolata (Lea, 1828) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
= Elliptio (s.s.) rostraeformis (Lea, 1856) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) rostraeformis (Lea, 1856) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) rostraeformis Lea, 1856 — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — de Gregorio, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) rostraeformis Lea, 1856 — Simpson, 1900
= Margaron (Unio) rostriformis [sic] (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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