Bivalvia | Unionida | 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), ... FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Elliptio purpurellus — Haag (2012)

Range

In Gulf Coastal drainages from the Choctawhatchee to the Ochlockonee, Alabama, Florida and Georgia, USA. (North America: NA4)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

GenBank Vouchers

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