Biology:Altamaha lance

Altamaha lance
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionoida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Elliptio
Species:	E. shepardiana
Binomial name
Elliptio shepardiana I. Lea, 1834

The Altamaha lance, scientific name Elliptio shepardiana, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels, naiads or unionids.

This species is endemic to the United States .

References

• Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Elliptio shepardiana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 1996: e.T7650A12839800. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T7650A12839800.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/7650/0. Retrieved 19 December 2017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3017548 entry