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Elliptio icterina  (Conrad, 1834)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 79962

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Elliptio raveneli (Conrad, 1834)
  
    Elliptio errans (Lea, 1856)
  
    Elliptio hepatica (Lea, 1859)
  
    Elliptio lugubris (Lea, 1838)
  
    Elliptio cylindracea Frierson, 1927
  
    Unio lugubris Lea, 1838
  
    Unio errans Lea, 1856
  
    Unio hepaticus Lea, 1859
  
    Unio icterinus Conrad, 1834
  
    Unio limatulus Conrad, 1849
  
    Unio whiteianus Lea, 1852
  
    Unio barrattii Lea, 1852
  
    Unio similis Lea, 1857
  
    Unio obnubilus Lea, 1857
  
    Unio opacus Lea, 1857
  
    Unio aequatus Lea, 1857
  
    Unio viridicatus Lea, 1857
  
    Unio micans Lea, 1857
  
    Unio ocmulgeensis Lea, 1861
  
    Unio lucidus Lea, 1863
  
    Unio oblatus Lea, 1863
  
    Unio livingstonensis Lea, 1863
  
    Unio radiolus Lea, 1871
  
    Unio cuspidatus Lea, 1872
  
    Unio hastatus Lea, 1874
  
    Unio raveneli Conrad, 1834
  
    Unio confertus Lea, 1834
  
    Margarita watereensis Lea, 1836
  
    Unio ochmulgensis dominus de Gregorio, 1914
  
    Elliptio cylindraceus Frierson, 1927
  
    Unio geddingsianus Lea, 1840
  
    Unio tuomeyi Lea, 1852
  
    Unio ablatus Lea, 1863
  
  Common Name(s): variable spike [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassHeteroconchia   
                         OrderUnionida   
                            SuperfamilyUnionoidea Rafinesque, 1820  
                               FamilyUnionidae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                  SubfamilyAmbleminae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                     TribePleurobemini Hannibal, 1912  
                                        GenusElliptio Rafinesque, 1819  
                                           SpeciesElliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834) – variable spike  
       

 References
       
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  Source: FMCS checklist of freshwater mussels (2021), PDF (version 09Aug2021)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (FMCS). Updated 09/08/2021. The 2021 checklist of freshwater bivalves (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) of the United States and Canada. Considered and approved by the Bivalve Names Subcommittee December 2020   
  Reference for: Elliptio icterina, variable spike [English]   
       
  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site, website (version 08Aug2013)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  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 icterina   
       
  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site (2023), website (version 15Nov2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Graf, D. L. & K. S. Cummings. 2023. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), accessed 15 Nov 2023. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Elliptio icterina   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Elliptio icterina   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  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   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0260-1230   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/mollus/eym029   
  Reference for: Elliptio icterina   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Haag, Wendell R.  
  Publication Date: 2012   
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  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 icterina   
       
  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: 1988   
  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 icterina   
       
  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: 1998   
  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 icterina   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, James D., Melvin L. Warren, Kevin S. Cummings, John L. Harris, and Richard J. Neves  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  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   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0363-2415   
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  Reference for: Elliptio icterina   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Southern Atlantic Slope, from Georgia north to Virginia, USA  
 

 

    

 
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