Altamaha spinymussel

Altamaha spinymussel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Elliptio
Species: E. spinosa
Binomial name
Elliptio spinosa
I. Lea, 1836

The Altamaha spinymussel or Georgia spiny mussel, scientific name Elliptio spinosa, 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.

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