MUSSELpdb

Introduction

Browse

d'basing

Taxonomy

all genera

Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae

Species & Genus Richness by
Taxonomy

Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia

Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Thu 18 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio pullata

nominal species Unio mercerii Lea, 1862

Unio mercerii Lea, 1862 = Elliptio pullata

Lea, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 169.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 209 [31], pl. 31, fig. 278.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86057, Lee Co., Flint Dr., Ga.

= Elliptio pullata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) — Williams et al., 2014

+ Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) — Williams et al., 2011

+ Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000

+ Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1972

+ Elliptio (s.s.) icterina (Conrad, 1834) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Elliptio (s.s.) arctatus (Conrad, 1834) — Haas, 1969

+ Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) — Clench & Turner, 1956

+ Elliptio (s.s.) arctatus (Conrad, 1834) — Frierson, 1927

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) arctatus var. tortivus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) arctatus var. tortivus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio mercerii Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) mercerii (Lea) — Lea, 1870