Elliptio angustata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Unionida
- Family
- Unionidae
- Genus
- Elliptio
- Species
- Elliptio angustata
- Scientific Name
- Elliptio angustata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Elliptio angustata
Elliptio angustata is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is endemic to the United States.
...Elliptio angustata in languages:
- English
- Carolina lance
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Elliptio ahenea
- Elliptio angustata
- Elliptio arca
- Elliptio arctata
- Elliptio chipolaensis
- Elliptio cistellaeformis
- Elliptio complanata
- Elliptio congaraea
- Elliptio crassidens
- Elliptio dariensis
- Elliptio downiei
- Elliptio fisheriana
- Elliptio folliculata
- Elliptio fraterna
- Elliptio fumata
- Elliptio hopetonensis
- Elliptio icterina
- Elliptio jayensis
- Elliptio judithae
- Elliptio lanceolata
- Elliptio marsupiobesa
- Elliptio mcmichaeli
- Elliptio monroensis
- Elliptio nigella
- Elliptio occulta
- Elliptio producta
- Elliptio pullata
- Elliptio purpurella
- Elliptio roanokensis
- Elliptio shepardiana
- Elliptio spinosa