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nominal species Unio oblongus Lea, 1872

Unio oblongus Lea, 1872 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 158.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 52 [56], pl. 18, fig. 50.
(homonym of Unio moquinianus var. oblongus Moquin-Tandon, 1855)
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85572, Irwins Cr., Mecklenberg Co., N.C.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975: 168.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 318.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus wheatleyi (Lea, 1857) — Haas, 1969: 239.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus-catawbensis (Lea, 1862) — Frierson, 1927: 32.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) rostrum Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1914: 660.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) catawbensis Lea, 1862 — Simpson, 1900: 726.

= Unio oblongus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [4].