MolluscaBase - Unio (Elliptio) mitchelli (C. T. Simpson, 1895)

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Unio (Elliptio) mitchelli (C. T. Simpson, 1895)

AphiaID

859312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:859312)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Fusconaia mitchelli (C. T. Simpson, 1895)

Rank

Species

Parent

Unio (Elliptio) Rafinesque, 1819 accepted as Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819

Original name

Unio mitchelli C. T. Simpson, 1895

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Subspecies Unio (Elliptio) mitchelli elongatus C. T. Simpson, 1914 accepted as Sphenonaias taumilapana (Conrad, 1855)
Subspecies Unio (Elliptio) mitchelli iheringi (B. H. Wright, 1898) accepted as Sphenonaias taumilapana (Conrad, 1855)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Unio mitchelli C. T. Simpson, 1895) Dall, W. H. (1896). Diagnoses of new mollusks from the survey of the Mexican boundary. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 18 (1033): 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7733106
page(s): 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unio (Elliptio) mitchelli (C. T. Simpson, 1895). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=859312 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2015-10-16 12:17:34Z

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Bieler, Rüdiger

2020-02-26 18:10:55Z

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Bieler, Rüdiger

2022-06-07 00:24:10Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

2022-08-20 20:23:43Z

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Schneider, Simon

2022-09-07 00:10:44Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (3)

original description (of Unio mitchelli C. T. Simpson, 1895) Dall, W. H. (1896). Diagnoses of new mollusks from the survey of the Mexican boundary. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 18 (1033): 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7733106
page(s): 5 [details]

basis of record Campbell, D. C. & Lydeard, C. (2012). Molecular systematics of Fusconaia (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae). American Malacological Bulletin. 30 (1): 1-17. [details]

additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]