MolluscaBase - Elliptio (Uniomerus) Conrad, 1853

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Elliptio (Uniomerus) Conrad, 1853

AphiaID

857080 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857080)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Uniomerus Conrad, 1853

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819

Original name

Unio (Uniomerus) Conrad, 1853

Direct children (6)

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Species Elliptio (Uniomerus) bissellianus (I. Lea, 1867) accepted as Uniomerus carolinianus (Bosc, 1801) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Elliptio (Uniomerus) blandingianus (I. Lea, 1834) accepted as Uniomerus carolinianus (Bosc, 1801)
Species Elliptio (Uniomerus) declivis (Say, 1831) accepted as Uniomerus declivis (Say, 1831)
Species Elliptio (Uniomerus) dispalans (B. H. Wright, 1899) accepted as Elliptio occulta (I. Lea, 1843)
Species Elliptio (Uniomerus) obesus (I. Lea, 1834) accepted as Uniomerus carolinianus (Bosc, 1801)
Species Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus (Say, 1831) accepted as Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Unio (Uniomerus) Conrad, 1853) Conrad, T. A. (1853). A synopsis of the family of Naiades of North America, with notes, and a table of some of the genera and sub-genera of the family, according to their geographical distribution, and descriptions of genera and sub-genera. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6(7): 243-269., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779779
page(s): 268 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Elliptio (Uniomerus) Conrad, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857080 on 2026-08-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-10-16 11:29:06Z

created

Bieler, Rüdiger

2019-06-29 08:20:27Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-01-03 19:39:40Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2026-06-01 20:58:12Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Unio (Uniomerus) Conrad, 1853) Conrad, T. A. (1853). A synopsis of the family of Naiades of North America, with notes, and a table of some of the genera and sub-genera of the family, according to their geographical distribution, and descriptions of genera and sub-genera. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6(7): 243-269., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779779
page(s): 268 [details]

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