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Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio incrassatus. Lea, 1840. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1: 286 - catalog no. 126854)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio incrassatus. Lea, 1840. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1: 286 - catalog no. 126854)

857269  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857269)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Palaeoheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Unionida (Order)
  9. Unionoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Unionidae (Family)
  11. Ambleminae (Subfamily)
  12. Pleurobemini (Tribe)
  13. Elliptio (Genus)
  14. Elliptio crassidens (Species)
accepted
Species
Elliptio (Elliptio) niger (Rafinesque, 1820) · alternative representation
Elliptio crassidens incrassatus (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Unio danielsii B. H. Wright, 1899 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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(of Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 71 [details] 
Type locality contained in North America  
type locality contained in North America [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857269 on 2025-06-30
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original description (of Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 71 [details] 

original description (of Unio incrassatus I. Lea, 1840) Lea, I. (1840). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 1(13): 284-289 [6 November]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34513003
page(s): 286 [details] 

original description (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] 

original description (of Unio danielsii B. H. Wright, 1899) Wright, B. H. (1899). New southern unios. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 13(3): 31., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3758239 [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] 
 
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To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio incrassatus. Lea, 1840. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1: 286 - catalog no. 126854) (from synonym Unio incrassatus I. Lea, 1840)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Unio nigra. Rafinesque, 1820. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques 5: 291-293 - catalog no. 20243) (from synonym Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820)
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes) 
To Conchology (Elliptio crassidens) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elliptio crassidens) 
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 22 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Malacopics (Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)) 
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-34956) (from synonym Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 168967 Unio danielsii Holotype) (from synonym Unio danielsii B. H. Wright, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Unio incrassatus Holotype USNM 84537) (from synonym Unio incrassatus I. Lea, 1840)
From editor or global species database
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio incrassatus. Lea, 1840. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1: 286 - catalog no. 126854)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio incrassatus. Lea, 1840. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1: 286 - catalog no. 126854)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Unio nigra. Rafinesque, 1820. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques 5: 291-293 - catalog no. 20243)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Unio nigra. Rafinesque, 1820. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques 5: 291-293 - catalog no. 20243)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-34956)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-34956)
Hosted externally, from synonym
Unreviewed
To Conchology (Elliptio crassidens)
To Conchology (Elliptio crassidens)
Hosted externally
To Malacopics (Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819))
To Malacopics (Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819))
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 168967 Unio danielsii Holotype)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 168967 Unio danielsii Holotype)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To NMNH Extant Collection (Unio incrassatus Holotype USNM 84537)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Unio incrassatus Holotype USNM 84537)
Hosted externally, from synonym
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