Venustaconcha ellipsiformis
| Venustaconcha ellipsiformis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Venustaconcha |
| Species: | V. ellipsiformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)
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Actinonaias ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) | |
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis, the ellipse, is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Unionidae.[1]
The ellipse is found in the upper Mississippi drainage from southern Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, central Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, and eastern Iowa. It is also found in tributaries of the Missouri and Mississippi River system in the northeastern part of the Ozark plateaus in Missouri west to the Neosho River of the Arkansas River drainage. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Venustaconcha ellipsiformis". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 24 November 2024.