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

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

species Elliptio fraterna (Lea, 1852): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio fraterna — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Williams et al. (2011), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)

Range

Disjunct distribution in the Choctawhatchee and upper Chattahoochee rivers in eastern Gulf Coastal Plain and the upper Savannah on the southern Atlantic Slope, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA