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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 cistellaeformis (Lea, 1863): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio cistellaeformis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), ITIS (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)
Elliptio cistelliformis [sic] — Haag (2012)

Range

North Carolina, southern Atlantic Slope.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA