Altamaha lance

Altamaha lance
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Elliptio
Species: E. shepardiana
Binomial name
Elliptio shepardiana
I. Lea, 1834

The Altamaha lance, scientific name Elliptio shepardiana, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels, naiads or unionids.

This species is endemic to the United States.

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