Taxonomy Profile: Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque 1820)

Elliptio dilatata: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Unio nasuta
Lamarck 1819
Unio dilatata
Rafinesque 1820
Obliquaria atroviolacea
Rafinesque 1820
Obliquaria cuprea
Rafinesque 1820
Unio mucronatus
Barnes 1823
Unio gibbosus
Barnes 1823
Obliquaria bicolor
Rafinesque 1831
Obliquaria violacea
Rafinesque 1831
Bariosta fulvus
Rafinesque 1831
Unio arctior
Lea 1838
Unio stonensis
Lea 1840
Unio propeverutus
de Gregorio 1914
Bariosta fulvus fuscata
Rafinesque 1831
Bariosta fulvus rufa
Rafinesque 1831
Unio gibbosus armathwaitensis
BH Wright 1898
Unio gibbosus delicatus
Simpson 1900
Elliptio dilatata sterkii
Grier 1918
Common Name(s):
spike []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Elliptio dilatata: 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 dilatata
spike |
Elliptio dilatata Direct Children(s):
Elliptio dilatata: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Elliptio dilatata
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 dilatata
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 dilatata
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 dilatata
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 dilatata
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 dilatata
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:
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Notes:
Reference for:
Elliptio dilatata
Elliptio dilatata: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
North America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Continental US / Native
Elliptio dilatata: Comments
Comment:
Widespread in the Interior and Great Lakes basins, North America