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Elliptio complanata ([Lightfoot], 1786)

160340  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160340)

accepted
Species
Unio humerosoides I. Lea, 1868 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio roanokoides I. Lea, 1868 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 100, no. 2190 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160340 on 2025-09-16
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Elliptio complanata ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160340 on 2025-09-16
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2005-05-31 07:42:56Z
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original description (of ) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 100, no. 2190 [details] 

original description (of Unio humerosoides I. Lea, 1868 †) Lea, I. (1868). Descriptions of Unionidae from the Lower Cretaceous Formation of New Jersey. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 20: 162-164 [after 30 June 1868, before 2 December 1868]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9768311
page(s): 163-164 [details] 

original description (of Unio roanokoides I. Lea, 1868 †) Lea, I. (1868). Descriptions of Unionidae from the Lower Cretaceous Formation of New Jersey. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 20: 162-164 [after 30 June 1868, before 2 December 1868]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9768311
page(s): 164 [details] 

basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source 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] 

additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details] 

additional source Barber, R. J. (1982). The indigenous distribution of <i>Elliptio complanata</i> in Ohio: archeological evidence. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 96(4): 130-131., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497695 [details] 
 
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