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 griffithianus Lea, 1834

Lea, 1834, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 103, pl. 15, fig. 46.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85610, S.C.

= 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.) violaceus violaceus (Spengler, 1793) — 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 griffithianus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) griffithianus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio griffithianus Lea, 1834 — Sowerby, 1868
= Unio griffithianus Lea — Küster, 1861
= Unio (Niäa) griffithianus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio griffithianus Lea, 1834 — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) griffithianus (Lea) — Lea, 1852
= Unio griffithianus Lea — Hanley, 1843
= Margarita (Unio) griffithianus Lea — Lea, 1838
= Margarita (Unio) griffithianus (Lea, 1834) — Lea, 1836
= Unio griffithianus Lea — Ferussac, 1835

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