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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Ellipsaria

species Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Ellipsaria lineolata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), Saxon et al. (2023)

Range

Widely distributed in the Interior Basin as well as the Mobile System of eastern North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_450. (COI, ND1) Cahaba River, below Cooper Island, Bibb Co. AL

UF_439368-11430. (28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1) Ohio River, Ohio drainage (39.373, -81.5)

UF_439368. (SRA) USA, West Virginia, Wood Co., Ohio River at Muskingum Island near Boaz, WV (39.373001, -81.500048)