Elliptio

Taxobox
name = "Elliptio"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Elliptio"
genus_authority =

"Elliptio" is a genus of medium-sized to large-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, commonly known as the unionids or freshwater mussels, and also known as the naiads.

The genus name "Elliptio" refers to the elliptical shape of these bivalves.

pecies in the genus "Elliptio"

* "Elliptio ahenea"
* "Elliptio angustata"
* Alabama spike, "Elliptio arca"
* Chipola slabshell, "Elliptio chipolaensis"
* "Elliptio complanata"
* "Elliptio congaraea"
* "Elliptio dariensis"
* Spike mussel or lady finger, "Elliptio dilatata"
* "Elliptio downiei"
* "Elliptio folliculata"
* Brother spike, "Elliptio fraternum"
* "Elliptio hopetonensis"
* Yellow lance, "Elliptio lanceolata"
* "Elliptio mcmichaeli"
* Recovery pearly mussel, "Elliptio nigella"
* "Elliptio producta"
* Altamaha lance, "Elliptio shepardiana"
* Altamaha spinymussel, "Elliptio spinosa"
* Tar River spiny mussel, "Elliptio steinstansana"
* Florida lance, "Elliptio waltoni"