Taxonomy Profile: Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot 1786)

Elliptio complanata: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Mya complanata
Lightfoot 1786
Unio violaceus
Spengler 1793
Unio purpureus
Say 1817
Unio carinifera
Lamarck 1819
Unio coarctata
Lamarck 1819
Unio georgina
Lamarck 1819
Unio glabrata
Lamarck 1819
Unio purpurascens
Lamarck 1819
Unio rarisulcata
Lamarck 1819
Unio rhombula
Lamarck 1819
Unio sulcidens
Lamarck 1819
Unio virginiana
Lamarck 1819
Unio aurata
Rafinesque 1820
Unio fluviatilis
Green 1827
Unio rigidus
Wood 1828
Unio griffithianus
Lea 1834
Unio subinflatus
Conrad 1835
Unio jejunus
Lea 1838
Unio fuliginosus
Lea 1845
Unio cuvierianus
Lea 1852
Unio geminus
Lea 1856
Unio vicinus
Lea 1856
Unio insulsus
Lea 1857
Unio abbevillensis
Lea 1857
Unio contractus
Lea 1857
Unio virens
Lea 1857
Unio savannahensis
Lea 1857
Unio subflavus
Lea 1857
Unio wheatleyi
Lea 1857
Unio percoarctatus
Lea 1857
Unio spadiceus
Lea 1857
Unio neusensis
Lea 1858
Unio exactus
Lea 1858
Unio postellii
Lea 1858
Unio purus
Lea 1858
Unio burkensis
Lea 1859
Unio baldwinensis
Lea 1859
Unio raeensis
Lea 1859
Unio decumbens
Lea 1861
Unio squameus
Lea 1862
Unio northamptonensis
Lea 1862
Unio catawbensis
Lea 1862
Unio rostrum
Lea 1862
Unio weldonensis
Lea 1863
Unio gastonensis
Lea 1863
Unio aberrans
Lea 1863
Unio mecklenbergensis
Lea 1863
Unio raleighensis
Lea 1863
Unio mediocris
Lea 1863
Unio indefinitus
Lea 1863
Unio chathamensis
Lea 1863
Unio quadrilaterus
Lea 1863
Unio curatus
Lea 1863
Unio perlucens
Lea 1863
Unio protensus
Lea 1865
Unio tortuosus
Sowerby 1868
Unio beaverensis
Lea 1868
Unio uhareensis
Lea 1868
Unio nubilus
Lea 1868
Unio humerosus
Lea 1868
Unio datus
Lea 1868
Unio santeensis
Lea 1871
Unio amplus
Lea 1872
Unio ligatus
Lea 1872
Unio yadkinensis
Lea 1872
Unio subparallelus
Lea 1872
Unio irwinensis
Lea 1872
Unio infuscus
Lea 1872
Unio ratus
Lea 1872
Unio differtus
Lea 1872
Unio dissimilis
Lea 1872
Unio oblongus
Lea 1872
Unio subsquamosus
Lea 1872
Unio curvatus
Lea 1872
Unio subolivaceus
Lea 1874
Unio cirratus
Lea 1874
Unio infulgens
Lea 1874
Unio provancheriana
Pilsbry 1890
Unio pullatus majusculus
de Gregorio 1914
Unio complanatus mainensis
Rich 1915
Common Name(s):
eastern elliptio []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Elliptio complanata: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Lophozoa
Phylum : Mollusca
molluscs |
mollusks |
molusco |
mollusques |
Class : Bivalvia
bivalves |
clams |
bivalve |
mexilhão |
ostra |
bivalves |
palourdes |
Order : Unionoida
Superfamily : Unionoidea
Family : Unionidae
Subfamily : Ambleminae
Tribe : Pleurobemini
Genus : Elliptio
Species : Elliptio complanata
eastern elliptio |
Elliptio complanata Direct Children(s):
Elliptio complanata: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Elliptio complanata
Source:
MUSSEL Project Web Site
Acquired:
2013-08-08
Notes:
Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2013. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), updated 8 August 2013. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net
Reference for:
Elliptio complanata
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
Page(s):
526
Publisher:
American Fisheries Society
Publication Place:
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-888569-01-8/0097-0638
Notes:
Reference for:
Elliptio complanata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1988-01-01 / 1988-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16
Page(s):
vii + 277
Publisher:
American Fisheries Society
Publication Place:
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-913235-47-4/0097-0638
Notes:
Reference for:
Elliptio complanata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2007-11-01 / 2007-11-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 73, part 4
Page(s):
291-314
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0260-1230
Notes:
doi: 10.1093/mollus/eym029
Reference for:
Elliptio complanata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Williams, James D., Melvin L. Warren, Kevin S. Cummings, John L. Harris, and Richard J. Neves
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-09-01 / 1993-09-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Conservation status of the freshwater mussels of the United States and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fisheries, vol. 18, no. 9
Page(s):
6-22
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Elliptio complanata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Haag, Wendell R.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2012-01-01 / 2012-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
North American Freshwater Mussels: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation
Page(s):
538
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
9780521199384/
Notes:
Reference for:
Elliptio complanata
Elliptio complanata: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
North America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Canada / Native
Elliptio complanata: Comments
Comment:
Widespread from the Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes basins, and down the Atlantic Slope to Georgia, North America