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Elliptio niger (Rafinesque, 1820)
858048 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:858048)
unaccepted
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Elliptio (Elliptio) niger (Rafinesque, 1820) · alternative representation
- Subspecies Elliptio niger danielsi (B. H. Wright, 1899) accepted as Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)
- Subspecies Elliptio niger incrassatus (I. Lea, 1840) accepted as Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)
(of Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 291, pl. 80 figs 1-4 [details]
page(s): 291, pl. 80 figs 1-4 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elliptio niger (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=858048 on 2025-09-11
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(of Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 291, pl. 80 figs 1-4 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [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): 291, pl. 80 figs 1-4 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
