MolluscaBase name details
Unio complanatus ([Lightfoot], 1786)
858636 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:858636)
unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Species
- Subspecies Unio complanatus mainensis Rich, 1915 accepted as Elliptio complanata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Subspecies Unio complanatus subinflatus Conrad, 1835 accepted as Elliptio complanata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
(of Mya complanata [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 100, no. 2190 [details]
page(s): 100, no. 2190 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unio complanatus ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=858636 on 2025-09-12
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(of Mya complanata [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 100, no. 2190 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 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]
additional source Walker, B. (1889). On the occurrence of <i>Unio complanatus</i> Sol. in Michigan. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 3(2): 16-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596386 [details]
additional source Walker, B. (1891). <i>Unio complanatus</i> Sol. in northern Michigan. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 5(8): 93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788889 [details]
additional source Sage, J. H. (1895). A sora caught by a mussel. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 9(5): 49, text-figure., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731394 [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1895). Mussels in a city reservoir. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 9(7): 83-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731428 [details]
page(s): 100, no. 2190 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 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]
additional source Walker, B. (1889). On the occurrence of <i>Unio complanatus</i> Sol. in Michigan. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 3(2): 16-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596386 [details]
additional source Walker, B. (1891). <i>Unio complanatus</i> Sol. in northern Michigan. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 5(8): 93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788889 [details]
additional source Sage, J. H. (1895). A sora caught by a mussel. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 9(5): 49, text-figure., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731394 [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1895). Mussels in a city reservoir. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 9(7): 83-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731428 [details]
