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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio

species Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio purpurella — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Williams et al. (2011), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)
Elliptio purpurellus — Haag (2012)

Range

In Gulf Coastal drainages from the Choctawhatchee to the Ochlockonee, Alabama, Florida and Georgia, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

Genbank Vouchers

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