WoRMS taxon details
Elliptio angustata (I. Lea, 1831)
857263 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857263)
accepted
Species
Margarita (Unio) angustatus (I. Lea, 1831) · unaccepted (recombination)
Margaron (Unio) angustatus (I. Lea, 1831) · unaccepted (recombination)
Unio (Elliptio) angustatus I. Lea, 1831 · unaccepted (recombination)
Unio angustatus I. Lea, 1831 · unaccepted (original combination)
Unio subcylindraceus I. Lea, 1874 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Elliptio angustata extensus (I. Lea, 1857) accepted as Elliptio pullata (I. Lea, 1857)
(of Unio angustatus I. Lea, 1831) Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 114, pl. 17, fig. 43 [details]
page(s): 114, pl. 17, fig. 43 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elliptio angustata (I. Lea, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857263 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Unio angustatus I. Lea, 1831) Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 114, pl. 17, fig. 43 [details]
original description (of Unio subcylindraceus I. Lea, 1874) Lea, I. (1874). Description of seven new species of Unionidae of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 25: 422-423 [17 February 1874]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1967045
page(s): 422 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 73(4): 291-314. [details]
page(s): 114, pl. 17, fig. 43 [details]
original description (of Unio subcylindraceus I. Lea, 1874) Lea, I. (1874). Description of seven new species of Unionidae of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 25: 422-423 [17 February 1874]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1967045
page(s): 422 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 73(4): 291-314. [details]
Other
additional source
InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Carolina lance | [details] |
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elliptio angustata)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 837328 Elliptio angustatus anterior photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85863 Unio subcylindraceus Holotype) (from synonym Unio subcylindraceus I. Lea, 1874)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85896 Unio angustatus Holotype) (from synonym Unio angustatus I. Lea, 1831)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 837328 Elliptio angustatus anterior photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85863 Unio subcylindraceus Holotype) (from synonym Unio subcylindraceus I. Lea, 1874)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85896 Unio angustatus Holotype) (from synonym Unio angustatus I. Lea, 1831)
