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

species Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio ahenea — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Williams et al. (2011), ITIS (2012), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)
Elliptio waltoni — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012)

Range

Florida, west to the Suwanee. (North America: NA4)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio ahenea

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot USNM_86030
USNM_86030

Black Creek, Florida

image of lot USNM_91145
USNM_91145

Lake Woodruff, Fla.

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ANSP_41399

Lake Woodruff, Fla.

GenBank Vouchers

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

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