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), ... FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)

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.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio arctata

MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

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USNM_86155
Abbeville District, S.C.

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USNM_85892
Abbeville, S.C.

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USNM_86006
Black Rock Landing, Cape Fear R., N.C.

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USNM_85976
Catawba R., Gaston Co., N.C.

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USNM_85890
Chattahoochee R., Columbus, Georgia

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USNM_85579
Columbus, Ga

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USNM_85674
Lee Co., Ga.

Genbank Vouchers

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