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

species Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834): specimens

8 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio arctata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Range

Disjunct distribution in rivers draining to the Atlantic in the Carolinas and Georgia and in streams draining to the Gulf of Mexico, from the Pearl River, Mississippi to the Apalachicola in Florida, USA. (North America: NA3 NA4)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio arctata

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

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USNM_85976
Catawba R., Gaston Co., N.C.
type
Unio gracilentus Lea, 1857

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USNM_86155
Abbeville District, S.C.
type
Unio lazarus Lea, 1852

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USNM_86006
Black Rock Landing, Cape Fear R., N.C.
type
Unio perlatus Lea, 1863

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USNM_85892
Abbeville, S.C.
type
Unio perstriatus Lea, 1852

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USNM_85890
Chattahoochee R., Columbus, Georgia
type
Unio strigosus Lea, 1840

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USNM_85674
Lee Co., Ga.
type
Unio tortivus Lea, 1840

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USNM_85579
Columbus, Ga
type
Unio viridans Lea, 1859

GenBank Vouchers

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

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

UAUC_3496. (COI: DQ383427, ITS1: DQ383438, ND1: JF326440, go to GenBank)