Elliptio mcmichaeli: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Unionida
- Family
- Unionidae
- Genus
- Elliptio
- Species
- Elliptio mcmichaeli
- Scientific Name
- Elliptio mcmichaeli
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Elliptio mcmichaeli
Elliptio mcmichaeli, the fluted elephantear, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is endemic to the Escambia and Choctawhatchee River systems in the southeastern United States. As of 2014, its NatureServe conservation status is "imperiled."
...Elliptio mcmichaeli in languages:
- English
- Fluted Elephantear
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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