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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!

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 arca (Conrad, 1834): specimens
     5 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

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

Range: Mobile River, Alabama and to Louisiana, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

USA

specimen
ANSP_56784
Alabama

specimen
USNM_85253
Coosawattee R., Murray Co., Ga.

specimen
USNM_86070
Etowah R., Cass Co., Ga.

specimen
USNM_86101
Oostanaula R., Floyd Co., Ga.

    

Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_498 (COI, ITS1) Oostanaula River, 0.8 river mi upstream from Armuchee Creek, Floyd Co. GA

UAUC_501 (ND1) Sipsey Fork, Black Warrior River, at mouth of Hurricane Creek, Winston Co. AL

 

Page updated: 15:01:39 Wed 04 Dec 2024
 
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