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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio

species Elliptio occulta (Lea, 1843): specimens
     7 available nominal species synonyms (9 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio crassidens — Watters et al. (2009)
Elliptio occulta — Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024)

Range

Suwanee east to the St. Marys, Florida, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA