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 micans Lea, 1857

Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 85.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 59 [63], pl. 3, fig. 207.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85077, Catawba R., Gaston Co., N Carolina.

= 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.) micans (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) micans (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) micans Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — de Gregorio, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) micans Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio micans Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) micans (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio micans Lea, 1857 — Sowerby, 1866

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