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Taxonomy

Species & Genus Richness by
Taxonomy

Geography

Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

species Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786): specimens

82 available nominal species synonyms (96 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio complanata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Kneeland & Rhymer (2007), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Ward et al. (2010), ... MolluscaBase (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
“L.” complanata — Marshall et al. (2018)

Range

Widespread from the Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes basins, and down the Atlantic Slope to Georgia, North America. Introduced to various localities in the Interior basin.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio complanata

MUSSELp Specimen Records

unknown

ANSP_42758
[no locality available - North America]

ZMB_MP_0463
Australien [No - North America]

MPM_ACC1867
Eastern N.A. to Manitoba; Conn. River, Vt.

USA

MNHN_MPL_0006 [Habite la rivière d’Hudson [Lives in the Hudson River, New York]	MNHN_MPL_0005 [Habite la rivière d’Hudson [New York]	USNM_85584 Abbeville District, S. Carolina
USNM_86150 Alabama	ANSP_119985 Augusta, Ga.	USNM_85598 Beaver Cr., Cahawba R., N.C.
USNM_85097 Beaver Cr., Catawba R., N.C.	USNM_85998 Buck Head Cr., Burke Co., Ga.	USNM_84856 Buckhead Cr., Burke Co., Ga
USNM_85470 Carter’s Cr., Baldwin Co., Ga.	USNM_85420 Carter’s Cr., Baldwin Co., N.C. [Georgia]	USNM_85529 Catawba R., Mecklenburg Co., N.C.
USNM_85547 Catawba R., N.C.	USNM_85665 Cobbs Cr., near Phil, Pennsylvania	USNM_85527 Conn. R., Northampton, Mass.
MNHN_MPL_0029 Connecticut	USNM_85556 Davidson Co., N.C.	USNM_85251 Deep R., N.C.
USNM_85564 Fox R., N.C.	USNM_85587 Fox R., N.C.	USNM_85544 Georgia
MNHN_MPL_0021 Habite la rivière de l’Ohio. Michaud.	MNHN_MPL_0012 Habite la rivière Hudson de l’etat de New-Yorck [Lives in the Hudson River, New York]	MNHN_MPL_0013 Habite le lac George
MNHN_MPL_0008 Habite les rivières de l’etat de New-Yorck [Lives in the rivers of the State of New York ]	MNHN_MPL_0008 Habite les rivières de l’etat de New-Yorck [Lives in the rivers of the State of New York ]	MNHN_MPL_0008 Habite les rivières de l’etat de New-Yorck [Lives in the rivers of the State of New York ]
USNM_85572 Irwins Cr., Mecklenberg Co., N.C.	USNM_85590 Irwins Cr., Mecklenberg Co., N.C.	USNM_85591 Irwins Cr., Mecklenberg Co., N.C.
USNM_85680 Irwins Cr., N.C.	MNHN_MPL_0011 La variété [b] vient de la rivière Hudson des Etas-Unis [The [b] variety comes from the Hudson River of the United States]	USNM_86019 Long Creek, Gaston Co., N.C.
USNM_85388 Long Creek, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.	BMNH_74-12-11-25 Maryland	USNM_85409 Mine Cr., Gaston Co., N.C.
USNM_85530 N.C.	USNM_85475 near Camden, S.C.	USNM_85418 near Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Co., N.C.
USNM_85419 near Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Co., N.C.	USNM_85600 Neuse R., 10 mi E of Raleigh, N. Carolina	USNM_85382 Neuse R., N.C.
USNM_85002 Neuse R., near Raleigh, N.C.	USNM_85003 Neuse R., near Raleigh, N.C.	USNM_85385 Neuse R., near Raleigh, N.C.
USNM_85465 Neuse R., near Raleigh, N.C.	USNM_85592 Neuse R., near Raleigh, N.C.	USNM_85611 Neuse R., Raleigh, N.C.
USNM_85583 Newmarket (Abbeville District) S. Carolina	USNM_85417 Paw Cr., near Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Co., N.C.	USNM_85550 Pfeiffer’s Pond, Mecklenburg Co., N. Carolina
USNM_85571 Rae Cr., Georgia	USNM_85994 River Eno, near Millsburg, Orange Co., N. Carolina	USNM_85407 Roanoke R., Weldon, N.C.
USNM_85644 Roanoke R., Weldon, N.C.	USNM_86102 Roanoke R., Weldon, N.C.	USNM_85672 Rocky R., Chatham Co., N.C.
USNM_85610 S.C.	USNM_85635 Santee Canal, S.C.	USNM_85658 Santee Canal, S.C.
USNM_85399 Savannah R., Ga.	USNM_85404 Savannah R., Ga.	USNM_85404 Savannah R., Ga.
USNM_85076 Six Runs, Sampson Co., N Carolina	USNM_85403 Stewart’s Pond, Union Co., N.C.	USNM_85414 Sugar Cr., near Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Co., N.C.
USNM_85543 Swift Cr., bel. Macon, Ga.	USNM_85576 Uharee R., Mongomery Co., N.C.	USNM_85562 Walnut Creek, near Macon, Ga.
USNM_85401 Washington Co., Ga.	USNM_85557 Yadkin R., N.C.	USNM_85387 Yadkin R., Salisbury, [Rowand Co.], N.C.

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_384. (ND1: AY158780, go to Genbank) Connecticut R., Massachusetts.