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Etheria elliptica  Lamarck, 1807
Taxonomic Serial No.: 983958

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807
  
    Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807
  
    Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807
  
    Aetheria cailliaudi Férussac, 1823
  
    Etheria lamarckii Férussac, 1823
  
    Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1823
  
    Aetheria tubifera Sowerby, 1825
  
    Aetheria denhami Koenig, 1826
  
    Etheria carteroni Michelin, 1830
  
    Aetheria chambardi Bourguignat, 1880
  
    Aetheria letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1880
  
    Aetheria nilotica Bourguignat, 1880
  
    Aetheria petrettinii Bourguignat, 1880
  
    Aetheria senegalica Bourguignat, 1880
  
    Aetheria bourguignati Rochebrune, 1886
  
    Aetheria tanganikana Bourguignat, 1889
  
    Aetheria heteromorpha Simroth, 1894
  
    Aetheria elliptica typica R. Anthony, 1907
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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   
                            SuperfamilyEtherioidea Deshayes, 1830  
                               FamilyEtheriidae Deshayes, 1832  
                                  GenusEtheria Lamarck, 1807  
                                     SpeciesEtheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807  
       

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  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: Etheria elliptica   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Daget, J.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue raisonné des Mollusques bivalves d'eau douce africains   
  Page(s): 329   
  Publisher: Backhuys Publishers   
  Publication Place: Leiden, The Netherlands   
  ISBN/ISSN: 90-73348-98-6   
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  Reference for: Etheria elliptica   
       
  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: Etheria elliptica   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Hydrobiologia, vol. 678, no. 1   
  Page(s): 17-36   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0018-8158   
  Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5   
  Reference for: Etheria elliptica   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Widespread in Africa and Madagascar  
 

 

    

 
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