NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Pleurobemini
  Subfamily - Ambleminae
  Family - Unionidae
  Superfamily - Unionoidea
  Order - Unionoida
  Subclass - Palaeoheterodonta
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Elliptio complanata
      Species - Elliptio dilatata
      Species - Elliptio arctata
      Species - Elliptio chipolaensis
      Species - Elliptio congaraea
      Species - Elliptio crassidens
      Species - Elliptio dariensis
      Species - Elliptio fraterna
      Species - Elliptio hopetonensis
      Species - Elliptio icterina
      Species - Elliptio jayensis
      Species - Elliptio lanceolata
      Species - Elliptio marsupiobesa
      Species - Elliptio nigella
      Species - Elliptio shepardiana
      Species - Elliptio spinosa
      Species - Elliptio waccamawensis
      Species - Elliptio ahenea
      Species - Elliptio angustata
      Species - Elliptio arca
      Species - Elliptio cistellaeformis
      Species - Elliptio downiei
      Species - Elliptio fisheriana
      Species - Elliptio folliculata
      Species - Elliptio producta
      Species - Elliptio raveneli
      Species - Elliptio roanokensis
      Species - Elliptio steinstansana
      Species - Elliptio errans
      Species - Elliptio hepatica
      Species - Elliptio judithae
      Species - Elliptio mcmichaeli
      Species - Elliptio monroensis
      Species - Elliptio purpurella
      Species - Elliptio cylindracea
      Species - Elliptio pullata
      Species - Elliptio occulta
      Species - Elliptio fumata