MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio
species Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834): specimens
28 available nominal species synonyms (41 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Elliptio cylindracea — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011)
Elliptio errans — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012)
Elliptio hepatica — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012)
Elliptio icterina — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Small et al. (2012), ITIS (2012), ... Pavan-Kumar et al. (2022), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)
Elliptio raveneli — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012)
Elliptio lugubris — ITIS (2012), Haag (2012)
Range
Southern Atlantic Slope, from Georgia north to Virginia, USA.
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
USA
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Genbank Vouchers
There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.