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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025
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Bivalvia
| Unionoida
| Unionoidea
| Unionidae
| Ambleminae
| Pleurobemini
| Elliptio
species Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831): specimens16 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
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.
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Genbank Vouchers
There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.
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