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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Amblemini | Amblema

species Amblema elliottii (Lea, 1857): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema elliottii — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), ... Patterson et al. (2021), Porto-Hannes et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Amblema elliotti — Haag (2012)

Range

Coosa River, Alabama and Georgia, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_2511. (COI: AY654991, ND1: AY655086, go to Genbank) Coosa River, 2.7 mi downstream of Jordan Dam, Elmore Co. AL.