Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Unionida > Unionidae > Elliptio > Elliptio complanata

Elliptio complanata (eastern elliptio)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The eastern elliptio (Elliptio complanata) is a freshwater mussel in the Unionidae family, native to Canada and the United States.
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Attributes

Water Biome [1]  Rivers and Streams
Diet [1]  Planktivore, Detritivore

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0