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

species Elliptio angustata (Lea, 1831): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio angustataGraf & 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

Virginia to Georgia, southern Atlantic Slope, USA. (North America: NA3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio angustata

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

image of lot USNM_85896
USNM_85896
Cooper R., S. Carolina
holotype
Unio angustatus Lea, 1831

image of lot USNM_85863
USNM_85863
Rocky Creek, near Macon, Georgia
type
Unio subcylindraceus Lea, 1874

GenBank Vouchers

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