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Bivalvia | Unionoida | 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), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)

Range

Endemic to the Altamaha River, Georgia, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

Genbank Vouchers

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