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

species Elliptio downiei (Lea, 1858): specimens

3 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio downiei — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), ITIS (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Range

Satilla River, Georgia, southern Atlantic Slope. (North America: NA3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio downiei

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot USNM_84855
USNM_84855

Satilla R., Camden Co., Ga

image of lot USNM_84853
USNM_84853

Satilla R., Ga

image of lot USNM_84854
USNM_84854

Satilla R., Ga

GenBank Vouchers

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

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