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nominal species Unio cirratus Lea, 1874

Unio cirratus Lea, 1874 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1874. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 25: 422.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 55 [59], pl. 19, fig. 53.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85584, Abbeville District, S. Carolina.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 161.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 319.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceus (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969: 235.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927: 30.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (‘Solander’ Dillwyn, 1817) — Simpson, 1914: 657.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (Solander) Dillwyn, 1817 — Simpson, 1900: 725.

= Unio cirratus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [2].