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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Eurynia dilatata

nominal species Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) cuprea Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 304, pl. 81, figs. 8-9 [also as ‘U. cuprea’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 48.

= Eurynia dilatata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
+ Elliptio dilatatus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1900
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
+ Unio dilatatus Raf. — Conrad, 1853
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852
+ Unio dilatatus Rafinesque, 1820 — Conrad, 1836
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1836
+ Unio dilatatus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835
= Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) cuprea — Rafinesque, 1820

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