Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio

species Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831): specimens

16 available nominal species synonyms (24 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio congaraea — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Jones (2015), ... FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Elliptio waccamawensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Inoue et al. (2018), Hauck et al. (2023)
Elliptio congarea [sic] — Haag (2012)

Range

Southern Atlantic Slope, from the Ogeechee River north to the Cape Fear, USA. (North America: NA3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio congaraea

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

USNM_85153
Abbeville, S Carolina
holotype
Unio buxeus Lea, 1852

USNM_85693
Congaree R., Columbia, S.C.
type
Unio congaraeus Lea, 1831

USNM_84539
Buckhead Cr., Burke Co., Ga
figured type
Unio corvus Lea, 1859

USNM_84494
Catawba R., N.C.
figured type
Unio dorsatus Lea, 1868

USNM_84542
Savannah R., Ga.
holotype
Unio forbesianus Lea, 1852

USNM_85679
S.C.
type
Unio fulvus Lea, 1834

USNM_85685
Abbeville, S.C.
type
Unio gibbesianus Lea, 1852

USNM_84852
Canoochie R., Liberty Co., Ga
holotype
Unio lecontianus Lea, 1838

USNM_85168
Georgia
figured type
Unio moussonianus Lea, 1852

USNM_85241
Ogeechee R., Georgia
holotype
Unio pusillus Lea, 1840

USNM_85683
Abbeville, S.C.
type
Unio rufusculus Lea, 1852

USNM_85688
Abbeville, S.C.
type
Unio sordidus Lea, 1852

USNM_85755
Yadkin R., N.C.
type
Unio strumosus Lea, 1872

USNM_85332
Ogeechee R., Georgia
type
Unio vestitus Lea, 1861

USNM_84437
Waccamaw Lake, N. Carolina
holotype
Unio waccamawensis Lea, 1863

GenBank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced GenBank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.