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), ... Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
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. (North America: NA2 NA4)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

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.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

SAMN15581797. (SRA: SRX8772019, go to GenBank)

UAM_3527. (ND1: JN180972, go to GenBank)

wuspCOX59. (COI: HQ153586, go to GenBank)