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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 arctata (Conrad, 1834): specimens
     8 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio arctata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024)

Range

Disjunct distribution in rivers draining to the Atlantic in the Carolinas and Georgia and in streams draining to the Gulf of Mexico, from the Pearl River, Mississippi to the Apalachicola in Florida, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA