Eastern elliptio

Eastern elliptio
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Elliptio
Species: E. complanata
Binomial name
Elliptio complanata
(Lightfoot, 1786)[1]

The eastern elliptio (Elliptio complanata) is a freshwater mussel in the Unionidae family, native to Canada and the United States.

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