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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio fumata

nominal species Unio subniger Lea, 1857

Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 172.
Lea, 1859, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 196 [14], pl. 22, fig. 79.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85560, Flint R. Macon, Ga.

= Elliptio fumata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio fumata (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2014
+ Elliptio fumata (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2011
+ Elliptio fumata (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
= Elliptio (s.s.) subniger (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969
= Elliptio (s.s.) subniger (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) subniger Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (sec. Elliptio) subniger Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio subniger Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) subniger (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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