Elliptio
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Species
Roanoke slabshell
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderUnionida
- FamilyUnionidae
Habitatfreshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,078
- With media
- 1,276
- Family
- Unionidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UF, CMN, LACM, OSUM, PRI
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Mexico
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thumb|Elliptio dilatata museum specimen
Elliptio is a genus of medium- to large-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, commonly known as the unionids, freshwater mussels or naiads.
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