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

species Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819): specimens

9 available nominal species synonyms (13 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio crassidens — Graf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), ... Smith (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)
Elliptio pachyodon — MolluscaBase (2024)

Range

Widespread in the Interior Basin and eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, North America. An isolated population in the St. Mary’s of Peninsular Florida.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio crassidens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

image of lot MNHN_MPL_0030
MNHN_MPL_0030
“du lac Erie”

image of lot USNM_84537
USNM_84537
Columbus, Ga

image of lot ANSP_20243
ANSP_20243
River Ohio

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USNM_168966
Spanish Creek, Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia

image of lot USNM_168967
USNM_168967
Spring Creek, Decatur Co., Georgia

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_3150. (16S: AY655034, COI: DQ383428, ITS1: DQ383439, ND1: AY613788, go to Genbank) Coosa River, above Wetumpka below Pipeline Shoals, Elmore Co. AL.

UAUC_3527. (28S: MH167928, 5.8S: MH167928, ITS1: MH167928, go to Genbank) Tennessee Ri. at Diamond Id., Decatur/Hardin Cos., Tennessee.

UAUC_1493. (COI: AY613820, go to Genbank) Tennessee River, upstream of US Rt. 43 in Florence, Lauderdale Co. AL.

UF_439147 (EcraPrl065). (5.8S: MH362615, COI: MH633644, ITS1: MH362615, ND1: MH633596, go to Genbank) USA, Louisiana, St. Tammany Parish, Bogue Chitto River near Lock 2 (30.62254, -89.87655).

UF_441250_1. (5.8S: MH362521, COI: MH633634, ITS1: MH362521, ND1: MH633586, go to Genbank) USA, West Virginia, Mason County, Ohio River, Greenup Pool, Ohio River Mile 284, near Ashton (38.6133528, -82.1700695).

UF_441250_2. (COI: KT285622, ITS1: KT285666, ND1: MN649089, go to Genbank) ditto.