MolluscaBase taxon details
Elliptio roanokensis (I. Lea, 1838)
857285 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857285)
accepted
Species
Elliptio complanatus roanokensis (I. Lea, 1838) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Elliptio judithae A. H. Clarke, 1986 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Margarita (Unio) roanokensis (I. Lea, 1838) · unaccepted (recombination)
Margaron (Unio) latus (I. Lea, 1859) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) macer (I. Lea, 1857) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) roanokensis (I. Lea, 1838) · unaccepted (recombination)
Unio (Elliptio) roanokensis I. Lea, 1838 · unaccepted (recombination)
Unio latus I. Lea, 1859 · unaccepted
Unio macer I. Lea, 1857 · unaccepted
Unio roanokensis I. Lea, 1838 · unaccepted (original combination)
(of Unio roanokensis 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): 27, pl. 8, fig. 24 [details]
page(s): 27, pl. 8, fig. 24 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elliptio roanokensis (I. Lea, 1838). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857285 on 2025-04-30
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original description
(of Elliptio judithae A. H. Clarke, 1986) Clarke, A. H. (1986). <i>Elliptio judithae</i>, new species (Bivalvia, Unionidae), from the Neuse River, North Carolina. <em>Malacology Data Net.</em> 1(4): 78-96.
page(s): 82, pl. 3, figs 1-4 [details]
original description (of Unio latus I. Lea, 1859) Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of twelve new species of uniones, from Georgia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 11:170-172 [after 28 June 1859; before 10 January 1860]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1653108
page(s): 171 [details]
original description (of Unio macer I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of twelve new species of naïades from North Carolina. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 85-86 [after 31 March 1857; before 7 January 1858]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330349
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Unio roanokensis 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): 27, pl. 8, fig. 24 [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]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
page(s): 82, pl. 3, figs 1-4 [details]
original description (of Unio latus I. Lea, 1859) Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of twelve new species of uniones, from Georgia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 11:170-172 [after 28 June 1859; before 10 January 1860]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1653108
page(s): 171 [details]
original description (of Unio macer I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of twelve new species of naïades from North Carolina. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 85-86 [after 31 March 1857; before 7 January 1858]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330349
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Unio roanokensis 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): 27, pl. 8, fig. 24 [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]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elliptio roanokensis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Unio roanokensis I. Lea, 1838)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85423 Unio roanokensis) (from synonym Unio roanokensis I. Lea, 1838)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85425 Unio macer) (from synonym Unio macer I. Lea, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85898 Unio latus Holotype) (from synonym Unio latus I. Lea, 1859)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Unio roanokensis I. Lea, 1838)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85423 Unio roanokensis) (from synonym Unio roanokensis I. Lea, 1838)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85425 Unio macer) (from synonym Unio macer I. Lea, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85898 Unio latus Holotype) (from synonym Unio latus I. Lea, 1859)
