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 infulgens Lea, 1874

Lea, 1874, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 25: 422.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 60 [64], pl. 21, fig. 59.
Type(s): FIGURED SPECIMEN USNM_85403, Stewart’s Pond, Union 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
- OMITTED — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (‘Solander’ Dillwyn, 1817) — Simpson, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (Solander) Dillwyn, 1817 — Simpson, 1900
= Unio infulgens Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

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