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Elliptio fraterna

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA MOLLUSCA BIVALVIA UNIONOIDA UNIONIDAE

Scientific Name: Elliptio fraterna
Species Authority: (Lea, 1852)
Common Name/s:
English – Brother Spike
Synonym/s:
Elliptio fraternum (Lea, 1852)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient ver 2.3
Year Published: 2000
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Specialist Group)
Reviewer/s: Seddon. M.B. (Mollusc Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Was listed as Endangered in 1996 (Baillie and Groombridge 1996) but Art Bogan (pers. comm.) feels there is insufficient data to make an assessment at present.
History:
1996 – Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1996 – Endangered

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
United States
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater
Citation: Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Specialist Group) 2000. Elliptio fraterna. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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