WoRMS taxon details
Elliptio fisheriana (I. Lea, 1838)
857273 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857273)
accepted
Species
Lampsilis fisheriana (I. Lea, 1838) · unaccepted (recombination)
Margarita (Unio) fisherianus (I. Lea, 1838) · unaccepted (recombination)
Margaron (Unio) fisherianus (I. Lea, 1838) · unaccepted (recombination)
Unio (Elliptio) fisherianus I. Lea, 1838 · unaccepted
Unio fisherianus I. Lea, 1838 · unaccepted (original combination)
(of Unio fisherianus I. Lea, 1838) Lea, I. (1838). Description of new freshwater and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> new ser., 6: 1-154, plates 1-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26881423
page(s): 8, pl. 4, fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 8, pl. 4, fig. 8 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elliptio fisheriana (I. Lea, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857273 on 2025-10-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Unio fisherianus I. Lea, 1838) Lea, I. (1838). Description of new freshwater and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> new ser., 6: 1-154, plates 1-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26881423
page(s): 8, pl. 4, fig. 8 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 73(4): 291-314. [details]
page(s): 8, pl. 4, fig. 8 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 73(4): 291-314. [details]
Other
additional source
InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Northern lance | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elliptio fisheriana)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86022 Unio fisherianus Holotype) (from synonym Unio fisherianus I. Lea, 1838)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elliptio fisheriana)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86022 Unio fisherianus Holotype) (from synonym Unio fisherianus I. Lea, 1838)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
