MUSSELp

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio

species Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972: specimens

1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio marsupiobesaGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)

Range

Cape Fear River, southern Atlantic Slope, North Carolina.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio marsupiobesa

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot ANSP_324501
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.

Genbank Vouchers

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