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

species Elliptio folliculata (Lea, 1838): specimens

4 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

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

Range

Cape Fear south to the Savannah, southern Atlantic Slope, USA. (North America: NA3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio folliculata

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

USNM_85974
Beaver Cr., Houston Co., Ga.
type
Unio attenuatus Lea, 1872

USNM_85862
Savannah R., at Gov. Hamilton’s, Georgia
type
Unio exacutus Lea, 1872

USNM_85861
Savannah R., S.C.
type
Unio folliculatus Lea, 1838

USNM_85972
Macon, Ga.
type
Unio rostellum Lea, 1872

GenBank Vouchers

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