Taxonomy Profile: Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck 1819)

Elliptio crassidens: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Unio crassidens
Lamarck 1819
Unio nigra
Rafinesque 1820
Unio cuneatus
Barnes 1823
Obliquaria venus
Rafinesque 1831
Unio incrassatus
Lea 1840
Unio danielsii
BH Wright 1899
Unio nigra fusca
Rafinesque 1820
Unio nigra maculata
Rafinesque 1820
Common Name(s):
elephant-ear []
elephantear []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Elliptio crassidens: 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 crassidens
elephant-ear |
elephantear |
Elliptio crassidens Direct Children(s):
Elliptio crassidens: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Elliptio crassidens
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 crassidens
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 crassidens
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 crassidens
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Williams, James D., Arthur E. Bogan, and Jeffrey T. Garner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2008-01-01 / 2008-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Freshwater Mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee
Page(s):
xv + 908
Publisher:
The University of Alabama Press
Publication Place:
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8173-1613-2/
Notes:
Sponsored by Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries
Reference for:
Elliptio crassidens
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 crassidens
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 crassidens
Elliptio crassidens: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
North America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Continental US / Native
Elliptio crassidens: Comments
Comment:
Widespread in the Interior Basin and eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, North America