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

Range

Cape Fear south to the Savannah, southern Atlantic Slope, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio folliculata

MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

image of lot USNM_85974
USNM_85974
Beaver Cr., Houston Co., Ga.

image of lot USNM_85972
USNM_85972
Macon, Ga.

image of lot USNM_85862
USNM_85862
Savannah R., at Gov. Hamilton’s, Georgia

image of lot USNM_85861
USNM_85861
Savannah R., S.C.

Genbank Vouchers

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