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

species Elliptio occulta (Lea, 1843): specimens

7 available nominal species synonyms (9 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio crassidens — Watters et al. (2009)
Elliptio occulta — Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)

Range

Suwanee east to the St. Marys, Florida, USA. (North America: NA4)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio occulta

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

image of lot USNM_149653
USNM_149653
St. Marys Riv., [Nassau Co.]., Florida
lectotype
Unio burtchianus S.H. Wright, 1897

image of lot USNM_159986
USNM_159986
Suwanee R., Fla
holotype
Unio dispalans B.H. Wright, 1899

image of lot USNM_151032
USNM_151032
Lake Ashby, Volusia Co., Fla.
holotype
Unio fryanus B.H. Wright, 1888

image of lot USNM_85243
USNM_85243
Black Cr., Fla.
type
Unio fuscatus Lea, 1843

image of lot USNM_149650
USNM_149650
St. Marys Riv., [Nassau Co.]., Florida
lectotype
Unio lehmanii S.H. Wright, 1897

image of lot USNM_85247
USNM_85247
Lake Monroe, Fla
type
Unio occultus Lea, 1843

GenBank Vouchers

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