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Page last updated
Wed 27 Nov 2024

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!

This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio

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

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Elliptio arctataGraf & Cummings (2007), Campbell et al. (2008), Williams et al. (2008), Cummings & Graf (2010), ..., 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
species map


USA

specimen
USNM_85976

Catawba R., Gaston Co., N.C.

specimen
USNM_86006

Black Rock Landing, Cape Fear R., N.C.

specimen
USNM_85890

Chattahoochee R., Columbus, Georgia

specimen
USNM_85892

Abbeville, S.C.

specimen
USNM_86155

Abbeville District, S.C.

specimen
USNM_85579

Columbus, Ga

specimen
USNM_85674

Lee Co., Ga.

   

Genbank Vouchers

 

UAUC_3496 (COI, ND1, ITS1)

Page updated: 10:54:50 Wed 27 Nov 2024

 
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