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Page last updated
Wed 04 Dec 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 congaraea (Lea, 1831): specimens
     24 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Elliptio congaraeaGraf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), Bogan (2010), ITIS (2012), ..., FMCS (2021), Bieler (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024)
Elliptio waccamawensisGraf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Haag (2012), ITIS (2012), Inoue et al. (2018), Hauck et al. (2023)
Elliptio congareaHaag (2012)

Range: Southern Atlantic Slope, from the Ogeechee River north to the Cape Fear, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map


USA

specimen
USNM_85168

Georgia

specimen
USNM_85693

Congaree R., Columbia, S.C.

specimen
USNM_84494

Catawba R., N.C.

specimen
USNM_84437

Waccamaw Lake, N. Carolina

specimen
USNM_84542

Savannah R., Ga.

specimen
USNM_85755

Yadkin R., N.C.

specimen
USNM_84539

Buckhead Cr., Burke Co., Ga

specimen
USNM_84852

Canoochie R., Liberty Co., Ga

specimen
USNM_85241

Ogeechee R., Georgia

specimen
USNM_85688

Abbeville, S.C.

specimen
USNM_85679

S.C.

specimen
USNM_85153

Abbeville, S Carolina

specimen
USNM_85683

Abbeville, S.C.

specimen
USNM_85685

Abbeville, S.C.

specimen
USNM_85332

Ogeechee R., Georgia

Page updated: 15:01:42 Wed 04 Dec 2024

 
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