MolluscaBase - Elliptio congaraea (I. Lea, 1831)

(of Unio congaraeus I. Lea, 1831) Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 72, pl. 6, fig. 4 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elliptio congaraea (I. Lea, 1831). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857268 on 2025-03-30

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original description (of Unio forbesianus I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 264, pl. 16, fig. 17 [details]

original description (of Unio strumosus I. Lea, 1872) Lea, I. (1872). Descriptions of twenty-nine species of Unionidae from the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 24: 155-161 [3 September 1872]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1693462
page(s): 158 [details]

original description (of Unio waccamawensis I. Lea, 1863) Lea, I. (1863). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of Unionidae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 15: 191-194 [after 28 July 1863; before 27 October 1863]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958455
page(s): 193 [details]

original description (of Unio rufusculus I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 258, pl. 14, fig. 7 [details]

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

original description (of Unio congaraeus I. Lea, 1831) Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 72, pl. 6, fig. 4 [details]

original description (of Unio fulvus I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 96, pl. 13, fig. 39 [details]

original description (of Unio lecontianus I. Lea, 1838) Lea, I. (1838). Description of new freshwater and land shells. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. new ser., 6: 1-154, plates 1-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26881423
page(s): 40, pl. 12, fig. 35 [details]

original description (of Unio buxeus I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 261, pl. 15, fig. 13 [details]

original description (of Unio gibbesianus I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 254, pl. 12, fig. 2 [details]

original description (of Unio moussonianus I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 268, pl. 18, fig. 22 [details]

original description (of Unio sordidis I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 254, pl. 12, fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Unio sordidus I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 254, pl. 12, fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Unio corvus I. Lea, 1859) Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of eight new species of Unionidae, from Georgia, Mississippi and Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 11: 112-113 [10 May 1859]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1653050
page(s): 112 [details]

original description (of Unio vestitus I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Descriptions of eleven new species of the genus Unio from the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 13: 391-393 [after 31 December 1861; before 31 March 1862]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683520
page(s): 393 [details]

original description (of Unio dorsatus I. Lea, 1868) Lea, I. (1868). Descriptions of seven new species of Unio from North Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 20: 160-161 [after 30 June 1868, before 2 December 1868]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9768309
page(s): 160 [details]

basis of record Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 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]

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