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), ... Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Elliptio raveneli — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012)
Elliptio lugubris — ITIS (2012), Haag (2012)
“Elliptio icterina” ** — Pavan-Kumar et al. (2022)

Range

Southern Atlantic Slope, from Georgia north to Virginia, USA. (North America: NA3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio icterina

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

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USNM_85561
Buckhead Cr., Burke Co., Georgia
type
Unio aequatus Lea, 1857

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USNM_86010
Abbeville District, S.C.
type
Unio barrattii Lea, 1852

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USNM_85634
Santee Canal, S. Carolina
topotype
Unio confertus Lea, 1834

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USNM_86014
Buckhead Cr., Burke Co., Ga.
type
Unio cuspidatus Lea, 1872

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USNM_85541
Tobesaufkee Cr., near Macon, Ga.
type
Unio errans Lea, 1857

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USNM_85650
Congaree R., S.C.
type
Unio geddingsianus Lea, 1840

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USNM_86013
Abbeville District, S.C.
holotype
Unio hastatus Lea, 1874

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USNM_85559
Salkehatchie R., S. Carolina
holotype
Unio hepaticus Lea, 1859

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ANSP_41381
muddy shore, Savannah River, opposite Augusta [Richmond Co.], Georgia
type
Unio icterinus Conrad, 1834

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USNM_85536
Livingston Cr., Brunswick Co., N.C.
type
Unio livingstonensis Lea, 1863

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USNM_85242
Livingston Cr., Brunswick Co., N.C.
type
Unio lucidus Lea, 1863

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USNM_85638
Hopeton, near Darien, Georgia
holotype
Unio lugubris Lea, 1838

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USNM_85077
Catawba R., Gaston Co., N Carolina
holotype
Unio micans Lea, 1857

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USNM_86001
Gaston Co., N.C.
type
Unio oblatus Simpson, 1900

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USNM_85646
Buckhead Cr., Burke Co., Georgia
type
Unio obnubilus Lea, 1857

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USNM_85901
Little Ocmulgee R., Lumber City, Georgia
type
Unio ocmulgeensis Lea, 1861

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USNM_85546
Buckhead Cr., Burke Co., Georgia
type
Unio opacus Lea, 1857

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USNM_85652
Ogeechee R., Liberty Co., Ga
type
Unio radiolus Lea, 1871

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ANSP_41370
So. Carolina
type
Unio raveneli Conrad, 1834

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USNM_85653
Buckhead Cr., Burke Co., Georgia
type
Unio similis Lea, 1857

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USNM_85669
Abbeville District, S. Carolina
type
Unio tuomeyi Lea, 1852

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USNM_85551
Buckhead Cr., Burke Co., Georgia
type
Unio viridicatus Lea, 1857

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USNM_85657
near Savannah, Georgia
holotype
Unio whiteianus Lea, 1852

GenBank Vouchers

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