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  Genus Elliptio

Species E. spinosa

Taxon Information

The Species E. spinosa has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

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

Literature Records

• Elliptio spinosa, "Atlantic Subregion" (Cummings & Graf, 2010).
• Elliptio (Canthyria) spinosa, "limited to the Altamaha River in Ga." (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.
• Clench, W.J. 1959. Mollusca. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 1117-1160.