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), ... Bieler (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)
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.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio congaraea

MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

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USNM_85153
Abbeville, S Carolina

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USNM_85683
Abbeville, S.C.

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USNM_85685
Abbeville, S.C.

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USNM_85688
Abbeville, S.C.

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USNM_84539
Buckhead Cr., Burke Co., Ga

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USNM_84852
Canoochie R., Liberty Co., Ga

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USNM_84494
Catawba R., N.C.

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USNM_85693
Congaree R., Columbia, S.C.

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USNM_85168
Georgia

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USNM_85241
Ogeechee R., Georgia

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USNM_85332
Ogeechee R., Georgia

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USNM_85679
S.C.

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USNM_84542
Savannah R., Ga.

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USNM_84437
Waccamaw Lake, N. Carolina

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USNM_85755
Yadkin R., N.C.

Genbank Vouchers

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