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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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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

USA