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Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820
858797 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:858797)
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Species
- Subspecies Unio (Elliptio) nigra fusca Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)
- Subspecies Unio (Elliptio) nigra maculata Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)
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]
page(s): 291, pl. 80 figs 1-4 [details]
Type locality contained in Ohio
type locality contained in Ohio [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=858797 on 2025-09-11
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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]
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]
page(s): 291, pl. 80 figs 1-4 [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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