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

Type Specimens

image of lot USNM_85391
USNM_85391
Hopeton, near Darien, Georgia
holotype
Unio hopetonensis Lea, 1838

image of lot USNM_85531
USNM_85531
Swift Cr., bel. Macon, Ga.
type
Unio inusitatis Lea, 1859

GenBank Vouchers

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

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

SAMN15581798. (SRA: SRX8772158, SRA: SRX8772159, go to GenBank)