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

species Elliptio hopetonensis (Lea, 1838): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio hopetonensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), Small et al. (2012), ... FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Range

Endemic to the Altamaha River, Georgia, USA. (North America: NA3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio hopetonensis

MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

image of lot USNM_85391
USNM_85391
Hopeton, near Darien, Georgia

image of lot USNM_85531
USNM_85531
Swift Cr., bel. Macon, Ga.

GenBank Vouchers

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

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

SAMN15581798. (SRA: SRX8772159, go to GenBank)