MolluscaBase - Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834)

(of Unio icterinus Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus Anculotus of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16346317
page(s): 41, pl. 6, fig. 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857278 on 2025-03-30

Taxonomic edit history

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original description (of Unio ablatus 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 confertus 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): 103, pl. 16, fig. 47 [details]

original description (of Unio tuomeyi 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): 256, pl. 13, fig. 4 [details]

original description (of Unio livingstonensis 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): 191 [details]

original description (of Unio cuspidatus 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): 159 [details]

original description (of Unio barrattii 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): 256, pl. 13, fig. 5 [details]

original description (of Unio ocmulgeensis I. Lea, 1861) Lea, I. (1861). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of Unionidae from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 13: 38-41 [19 March 1861]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683167
page(s): 38 [details]

original description (of Unio hastatus I. Lea, 1874) Lea, I. (1874). Description of seven new species of Unionidae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25: 422-423 [17 February 1874]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1967045
page(s): 423 [details]

original description (of Unio hepaticus I. Lea, 1859) Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of seven new species of uniones from South Carolina, Florida, Alabama and Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 11: 154-155 [after 31 May 1859; before 6 January 1860]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1653092
page(s): 154 [details]

original description (of Unio similis I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Descriptions of twenty-seven new species of uniones from Georgia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 169-172 [after 30 June 1857, possibly published in 1858]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330435
page(s): 169 [details]

original description (of Unio geddingsianus 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): 285 [details]

original description (of Unio radiolus I. Lea, 1871) Lea, I. (1871). Descriptions of twenty new species of uniones of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 23: 189-193 [24 October 1871]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5512017
page(s): 192 [details]

original description (of Unio lugubris 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): 30, pl. 9, fig. 25 [details]

original description (of Unio micans I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of twelve new species of naïades from North Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 85-86 [after 31 March 1857; before 7 January 1858]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330349
page(s): 85 [details]

original description (of Unio limatulus Conrad, 1849) Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fresh water and marine shells. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 4: 152-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5445350
page(s): 154 [details]

original description (of Unio icterinus Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus Anculotus of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16346317
page(s): 41, pl. 6, fig. 5 [details]

original description (of Unio whiteianus 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. 8 [details]

original description (of Unio aequatus I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Descriptions of twenty-seven new species of uniones from Georgia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 169-172 [after 30 June 1857, possibly published in 1858]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330435
page(s): 170 [details]

original description (of Unio obnubilus I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Descriptions of twenty-seven new species of uniones from Georgia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 169-172 [after 30 June 1857, possibly published in 1858]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330435
page(s): 169 [details]

original description (of Unio opacus I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Descriptions of twenty-seven new species of uniones from Georgia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 169-172 [after 30 June 1857, possibly published in 1858]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330435
page(s): 169 [details]

original description (of Unio viridicatus I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Descriptions of twenty-seven new species of uniones from Georgia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 169-172 [after 30 June 1857, possibly published in 1858]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330435
page(s): 170 [details]

original description (of Unio lucidus 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): 192 [details]

original description (of Unio oblatus C. T. Simpson, 1914) Simpson, C. T. (1914). A descriptive catalogue of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. Part 2. Unionidae: Unio - Nodularia. Detroit: Bryant Walker. 528-1041., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12173763
page(s): 730 [details]

original description (of Unio raveneli Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus Anculotus of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16346317
page(s): 39, pl. 6, fig. 4 [details]

original description (of Margarita (Unio) watereensis I. Lea, 1836) Lea, I. (1836). A synopsis of the family of naïades. Carey, Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. pp. i-viii, 1-59, [+1, addenda], [+1, errata]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632926
page(s): 31 [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]