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  Tribe Pleurobemini

Genus Elliptio (+ Canthyria)

    Species E. complanata -- Wisconsin!
    Species E. crassidens -- Wisconsin!
    Species E. dilatata -- Wisconsin!
    Species E. ahenea -- North America.
    Species E. angustata -- North America.
    Species E. arca -- North America.
    Species E. arctata -- North America.
    Species E. chipolaensis -- North America.
    Species E. cistellaeformis -- North America.
    Species E. congaraea -- North America.
    Species E. cylindracea -- North America.
    Species E. dariensis -- North America.
    Species E. downiei -- North America.
    Species E. errans -- North America.
    Species E. fisheriana -- North America.
    Species E. folliculata -- North America.
    Species E. fraterna -- North America.
    Species E. fumata -- North America.
    Species E. hepatica -- North America.
    Species E. hopetonensis -- North America.
    Species E. icterina -- North America.
    Species E. jayensis -- North America.
    Species E. judithae -- North America.
    Species E. lanceolata -- North America.
    Species E. marsupiobesa -- North America.
    Species E. mcmichaeli -- North America.
    Species E. monroensis -- North America.
    Species E. nigella -- North America.
    Species E. producta -- North America.
    Species E. pullata -- North America.
    Species E. purpurella -- North America.
    Species E. raveneli -- North America.
    Species E. roanokensis -- North America.
    Species E. shepardiana -- North America.
    Species E. spinosa -- North America.
    Species E. steinstansana -- North America.
    Species E. waccamawensis -- North America.

Taxon Information

The Genus Elliptio has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Elliptio, [North America] (Cummings & Graf, 2010).
• Elliptio, over 30 recognized species distributed mainly along the Atlantic coast, several ranging to the Gulf Coast and into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence River systems [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Elliptio, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Elliptio, "widely distributed thoughout most of eastern [North America]" (Clench, 1959).
• Elliptio (Canthyria), (Clench, 1959).

Bibliography

• Cummings, K.S. & D.L. Graf. 2010. Mollusca: Bivalvia. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 309-384.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Mollusca (Gastropods, pelecypods). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 327-400.
• Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
• Clench, W.J. 1959. Mollusca. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 1117-1160.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• MUSSEL Project Web Site