MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio marsupiobesa
nominal species Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972
Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972 = Elliptio marsupiobesa
Fuller, 1972. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 124: ??.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_324501, Cape Fear R., 0.1 mi downstream from Carvers Creek, about 3 mi SW of Slocomb, and about 6 mi NNE of Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., N.C.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972 — FMCS, 2025: [2].
= Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972 — MolluscaBase, 2024: [web].
= Elliptio marsupiobesa (Fuller, 1972) — Hopper et al., 2023.
= Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972 — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 19.
= Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972 — FMCS, 2021: [2].
= Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972 — Williams et al., 2017: 38.
= Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972 — ITIS, 2012: [web].
= Elliptio marsupiobesa — Haag, 2012: 73.
= Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972 — Bogan, 2010: [12].
= Elliptio marsupiobesa — Cummings & Graf, 2010: 375.
= Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972 — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 307.
= Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972 — Bogan, 2002: 11.
= Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972 — Turgeon et al., 1998: 33.
= Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller — Williams et al., 1993: 11.
= Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972 — Turgeon et al., 1988: 29.
= Elliptio (s.s.) marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972 — Burch, 1975: 11.
