MolluscaBase taxon details
Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834)
857265 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857265)
accepted
Species
Elliptio arctata tortivus (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted
Elliptio perstriatus (I. Lea, 1853) · unaccepted
Elliptio strigosus (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Elliptio tortivus (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted
Margarita (Unio) arctatus (Conrad, 1834) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) arctatus (Conrad, 1834) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) gracilentus (I. Lea, 1857) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) lazarus (I. Lea, 1853) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) perlatus (I. Lea, 1863) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) perstriatus (I. Lea, 1853) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) strigosus (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) tortivus (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) viridans (I. Lea, 1859) · unaccepted
Medionidus arctatus (Conrad, 1834) · unaccepted
Unio (Elliptio) arctatus Conrad, 1834 · unaccepted
Unio (Elliptio) arctatus tortivus (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted
Unio (Elliptio) lazarus I. Lea, 1852 · unaccepted
Unio (Elliptio) perstriatus I. Lea, 1852 · unaccepted
Unio (Elliptio) strigosus I. Lea, 1840 · unaccepted
Unio arctatus Conrad, 1834 · unaccepted
Unio gracilentus I. Lea, 1857 · unaccepted
Unio lazarus I. Lea, 1852 · unaccepted
Unio perlatus I. Lea, 1863 · unaccepted
Unio perstriatus I. Lea, 1852 · unaccepted
Unio strigosus I. Lea, 1840 · unaccepted
Unio tortivus I. Lea, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio viridans I. Lea, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Elliptio arctata tortivus (I. Lea, 1840) accepted as Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834)
(of Unio arctatus Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus <i>Anculotus</i> of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16346317
page(s): 36, pl. 5, fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 36, pl. 5, fig. 4 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857265 on 2025-04-30
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original description
(of Unio arctatus Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus <i>Anculotus</i> of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16346317
page(s): 36, pl. 5, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Unio tortivus I. Lea, 1840) Lea, I. (1840). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 1(13): 284-289 [6 November]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34513003
page(s): 287 [details]
original description (of Unio strigosus I. Lea, 1840) Lea, I. (1840). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 1(13): 284-289 [6 November]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34513003
page(s): 287 [details]
original description (of Unio perstriatus I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 255, pl. 12, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Unio lazarus I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 259, pl. 14, fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Unio viridans I. Lea, 1859) Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of twelve new species of uniones, from Georgia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 11:170-172 [after 28 June 1859; before 10 January 1860]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1653108
page(s): 170 [details]
original description (of Unio gracilentus I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of twelve new species of naïades from North Carolina. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 85-86 [after 31 March 1857; before 7 January 1858]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330349
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Unio perlatus I. Lea, 1863) Lea, I. (1863). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of Unionidae of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 15: 191-194 [after 28 July 1863; before 27 October 1863]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958455
page(s): 193 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
page(s): 36, pl. 5, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Unio tortivus I. Lea, 1840) Lea, I. (1840). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 1(13): 284-289 [6 November]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34513003
page(s): 287 [details]
original description (of Unio strigosus I. Lea, 1840) Lea, I. (1840). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 1(13): 284-289 [6 November]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34513003
page(s): 287 [details]
original description (of Unio perstriatus I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 255, pl. 12, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Unio lazarus I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Descriptions of new species of the family Unionidae. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 10(2): 253-294, plates 12-29 [1 June 1852, teste Scudder (1885: 57)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529783
page(s): 259, pl. 14, fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Unio viridans I. Lea, 1859) Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of twelve new species of uniones, from Georgia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 11:170-172 [after 28 June 1859; before 10 January 1860]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1653108
page(s): 170 [details]
original description (of Unio gracilentus I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of twelve new species of naïades from North Carolina. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 85-86 [after 31 March 1857; before 7 January 1858]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330349
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Unio perlatus I. Lea, 1863) Lea, I. (1863). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of Unionidae of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 15: 191-194 [after 28 July 1863; before 27 October 1863]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958455
page(s): 193 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
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 | delicate spike | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio arctatus. Conrad, 1834. New fresh water shells of the United States, with Coloured Illustrations, and a Monograph of the Genus Anculotus of Say; also a Synopsis of the American Naiades : 36-37 - catalog no. (from synonym Unio arctatus Conrad, 1834)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio perstriatus. Lea, 1852. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (Ser. n. s. ) 10: 255-256 - catalog no. 127120) (from synonym Unio perstriatus I. Lea, 1852)
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elliptio arctata)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Malacopics (Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834))
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85579 Unio viridans Holotype) (from synonym Unio viridans I. Lea, 1859)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85674 Unio tortivus Holotype) (from synonym Unio tortivus I. Lea, 1840)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85890 Unio strigosus Holotype) (from synonym Unio strigosus I. Lea, 1840)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85892 Unio perstriatus Holotype) (from synonym Unio perstriatus I. Lea, 1852)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85976 Unio gracilentus Holotype) (from synonym Unio gracilentus I. Lea, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86006 Unio perlatus Holotype) (from synonym Unio perlatus I. Lea, 1863)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86155 Unio lazarus Holotype) (from synonym Unio lazarus I. Lea, 1852)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio perstriatus. Lea, 1852. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (Ser. n. s. ) 10: 255-256 - catalog no. 127120) (from synonym Unio perstriatus I. Lea, 1852)
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elliptio arctata)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Malacopics (Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834))
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85579 Unio viridans Holotype) (from synonym Unio viridans I. Lea, 1859)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85674 Unio tortivus Holotype) (from synonym Unio tortivus I. Lea, 1840)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85890 Unio strigosus Holotype) (from synonym Unio strigosus I. Lea, 1840)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85892 Unio perstriatus Holotype) (from synonym Unio perstriatus I. Lea, 1852)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85976 Unio gracilentus Holotype) (from synonym Unio gracilentus I. Lea, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86006 Unio perlatus Holotype) (from synonym Unio perlatus I. Lea, 1863)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86155 Unio lazarus Holotype) (from synonym Unio lazarus I. Lea, 1852)
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