Altamaha lance

Taxobox
name = Altamaha lance


status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Elliptio"
species = "E. shepardiana"
binomial = "Elliptio shepardiana"
binomial_authority = I. Lea, 1834
synonyms =

The Altamaha lance ("Elliptio shepardiana") is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the pearly mussels, naiads or unionids.

This species is endemic to the United States.

ource

* Bogan, A.E. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/7650/all Elliptio shepardiana] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 07 August 2007.