North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Elliptio complanata ([Lightfoot], 1786)

AphiaID

160340 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160340)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819

Original name

Mya complanata [Lightfoot], 1786

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 100, no. 2190 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=160340 on 2026-08-15

Regional species database citation

NARMS (2026). Elliptio complanata ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=160340 on 2026-08-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-31 07:42:56Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2011-04-28 09:53:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 100, no. 2190 [details]

basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 73(4): 291-314., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eym029 [details]

additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]

additional source Barber, R. J. (1982). The indigenous distribution of Elliptio complanata in Ohio: archeological evidence. The Nautilus. 96(4): 130-131., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497695 [details]