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 perlucens Lea, 1863

Lea, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193.
Lea, 1866, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 18 [22], pl. 5, fig. 16.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85076, Six Runs, Sampson Co., N Carolina.

= 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.) micans (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) micans (Lea, 1857) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) micans Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) micans Lea, 1857 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio perlucens Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) perlucens (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio perlucens Lea, 1863 — Lea, 1866

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