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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!
For each valid genus, the valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini genus Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819: valid species 8 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics
 Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843) 3 synonyms | 3 specimens Range: Florida, west to the Suwanee. [North America] IUCN Red List: Lower Risk/near threatened, Data Deficient (Elliptio waltoni). Nature Serve: G3. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio angustata (Lea, 1831) 3 synonyms | 2 specimens Range: Virginia to Georgia, southern Atlantic Slope, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: COI, ND1. IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Nature Serve: G4. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio arca (Conrad, 1834) 5 synonyms | 4 specimens Range: Mobile River, Alabama and to Louisiana, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ITS1, ND1. IUCN Red List: Data Deficient. Nature Serve: G2G3 Under Review. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834) 8 synonyms | 7 specimens 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. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ITS1, ND1. Nature Serve: G2G3Q Under Review. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio chipolaensis (Walker, 1905) 1 synonym | 3 specimens Range: Chipola River and nearby streams, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. [North America] IUCN Red List: Endangered. Nature Serve: G1 Threatened. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio cistellaeformis (Lea, 1863) 2 synonyms | 1 specimen Range: North Carolina, southern Atlantic Slope. [North America] IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Nature Serve: G4. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) 96 synonyms | 72 specimens Range: Widespread from the Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes basins, and down the Atlantic Slope to Georgia, North America. Introduced to various localities in the Interior basin. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, ND1, SRA, mtGenome. IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Nature Serve: G5. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831) 24 synonyms | 15 specimens Range: Southern Atlantic Slope, from the Ogeechee River north to the Cape Fear, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1. IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Elliptio waccamawensis), Lower Risk/near threatened. Nature Serve: G3. Other web site: ITIS 2.
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 Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) 13 synonyms | 5 specimens Range: Widespread in the Interior Basin and eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, North America. An isolated population in the St. Mary’s of Peninsular Florida. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1, SRA. IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Nature Serve: G5. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio dariensis (Lea, 1842) 2 synonyms | 1 specimen Range: Altamaha River, Georgia, south into Florida, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI. IUCN Red List: Lower Risk/near threatened. Nature Serve: G3. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio downiei (Lea, 1858) 5 synonyms | 3 specimens Range: Satilla River, Georgia, southern Atlantic Slope. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI. IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Nature Serve: G3. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio fisheriana (Lea, 1838) 2 synonyms | 1 specimen Range: Atlantic Slope from Virginia north to Pennsylvania. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1. IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Nature Serve: G4. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio folliculata (Lea, 1838) 4 synonyms | 4 specimens Range: Cape Fear south to the Savannah, southern Atlantic Slope, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1. IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Nature Serve: G2G3. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio fraterna (Lea, 1852) 1 synonym | 1 specimen 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. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI. IUCN Red List: Data Deficient. Nature Serve: G1G2. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio fumata (Lea, 1857) 13 synonyms | 12 specimens Range: Apalachicola River, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1. Nature Serve: G4. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio hopetonensis (Lea, 1838) 5 synonyms | 2 specimens Range: Endemic to the Altamaha River, Georgia, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1, SRA. IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Nature Serve: G4. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834) 41 synonyms | 23 specimens Range: Southern Atlantic Slope, from Georgia north to Virginia, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1. IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Elliptio errans), Data Deficient (Elliptio cylindracea). Nature Serve: G5. Other web site: ITIS 2 3 4 5.
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 Elliptio jayensis (Lea, 1838) 34 synonyms | 31 specimens Range: Native range extends from peninsular Florida west to the Ochlockonee River, USA. Introduced to the Apalachicola Basin. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1. IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Elliptio buckleyi), Least Concern. Nature Serve: G4. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828) 15 synonyms | 7 specimens Range: Discontinuous distribution on the eastern Gulf Coastal and southern Atlantic Slope, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: COI. IUCN Red List: Lower Risk/near threatened. Nature Serve: G2 Threatened. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972 1 synonym | 1 specimen Range: Cape Fear River, southern Atlantic Slope, North Carolina. [North America] Nature Serve: G3Q. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio mcmichaeli Clench & Turner, 1956 3 synonyms | 1 specimen Range: Endemic to the Choctawhatchee Basin, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1. IUCN Red List: Near Threatened. Nature Serve: G2G3. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio monroensis (Lea, 1843) 5 synonyms | 5 specimens Range: Florida, USA. [North America] Nature Serve: G1G2. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852) 2 synonyms | 2 specimens Range: Apalachicola River, Alabama and Georgia, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: COI. IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered. Nature Serve: G1. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio occulta (Lea, 1843) 9 synonyms | 6 specimens Range: Suwanee east to the St. Marys, Florida, USA. [North America] Nature Serve: GNR. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio producta (Conrad, 1836) 7 synonyms | 2 specimens Range: Southern Atlantic Slope from Virginia to Georgia. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1. IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Nature Serve: G3. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) 14 synonyms | 11 specimens Range: From the Apalachicola River west to the Escambia, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1. Nature Serve: G5. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857) 1 synonym | 1 specimen Range: In Gulf Coastal drainages from the Choctawhatchee to the Ochlockonee, Alabama, Florida and Georgia, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1. Nature Serve: G2. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio roanokensis (Lea, 1838) 6 synonyms | 4 specimens Range: Virginia south to the Savannah, Atlantic Slope, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: COI, ND1. IUCN Red List: Vulnerable. Nature Serve: G3. Other web site: ITIS 2.
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 Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834) 2 synonyms | 2 specimens Range: Waccamaw River, North Carolina south to the Altamaha River, Georgia, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: COI, ND1. IUCN Red List: Lower Risk/near threatened. Nature Serve: G4. Other web site: ITIS.
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 Elliptio spinosa (Lea, 1836) 1 synonym | 2 specimens Range: Endemic to the Altamaha River, Georgia, USA. [North America] Genbank sequences: COI, ITS1, ND1. IUCN Red List: Endangered. Nature Serve: G1G2 Endangered. Other web site: ITIS.
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Elliptio albertensis (Whiteaves, 1885) (Cretaceous) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Cretaceous, North America. |
Elliptio clinopistha (White, 1883) (Tertiary) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Eocene, North America. |
Elliptio cornelliana (Maury, 1902) (Tertiary) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Miocene, North America. |
Elliptio eomargaron (Cockerell, 1915) (Tertiary) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Eocene, North America. |
Elliptio felchii (White, 1886) (Jurassic) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Jurassic, North America. |
Elliptio haydeni (Meek, 1860) (Tertiary) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Eocene, North America. |
Elliptio hoelzli Modell, 1943 (Tertiary) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Tertiary, Germany. [North Eurasia] |
Elliptio hubbardii (Gabb, 1868) (Cretaceous) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Cretaceous, North America. |
Elliptio larteti (Noulet, 1846) (fossil) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Fossil, France. [North Eurasia] |
Elliptio mormonum La Rocque, 1960 (Tertiary) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Tertiary, North America. |
Elliptio nanaimoensis (Whiteaves, 1901) (Cretaceous) 2 synonyms | 0 specimens Range: Cretaceous, North America. |
Elliptio salissiensis Russell, 1952 (Tertiary) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Eocene, North America. |
Elliptio silberlingi Russell, 1934 (Tertiary) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Tertiary, North America. |
Elliptio supragibbosa (Whiteaves, 1885) (Cretaceous) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Cretaceous, North America. |
Elliptio washakiensis (Meek, 1870) (Tertiary) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Eocene, North America. |
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