Biology:Elliptio downiei

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Elliptio downiei

Vulnerable (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Elliptio
Species:
E. downiei
Binomial name
Elliptio downiei
I. Lea, 1858

Elliptio downiei is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2011). "Elliptio downiei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T7643A12838646.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7643/12838646. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ NatureServe. "Elliptio downiei" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.114949/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q309288 entry



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