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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio

species Elliptio angustata (Lea, 1831): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio angustata — 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

Virginia to Georgia, southern Atlantic Slope, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA