MUSSELp

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

species Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828): specimens

9 available nominal species synonyms (15 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

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

Range

Discontinuous distribution on the eastern Gulf Coastal and southern Atlantic Slope, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Elliptio lanceolata

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot USNM_86005
USNM_86005

Buck Head Cr., Burke Co., Ga.

image of lot USNM_85908
USNM_85908

Neuse R., near Raleigh, N.C.

image of lot USNM_85970
USNM_85970

Oconee R., near Athens, Ga.

image of lot USNM_86028
USNM_86028

Roanoke R., Weldon, N.C.

image of lot USNM_86009
USNM_86009

Satilla R., Camden Co., Ga.

image of lot USNM_85973
USNM_85973

Swift Creek, near Macon, Georgia

image of lot USNM_85905
USNM_85905

Tar R., at Tarborough, N. Carolina

Genbank Vouchers

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