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species Elliptio spinosa (Lea, 1836): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio spinosa — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2012), ITIS (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 spinosa

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

image of lot USNM_84374
USNM_84374
Altamaha R., near Darien, Georgia
topotype
Unio spinosus Lea, 1836

image of lot ANSP_128763
ANSP_128763
Darien, Ga.
syntype
Unio spinosus Lea, 1836

Other Specimens by Country | show by collection

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image of lot MPM_1871
MPM_1871
Georgia?

GenBank Vouchers

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