WoRMS taxon details
Elliptio producta (Conrad, 1836)
857283 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857283)
accepted
Species
Elliptio nasutidus (I. Lea, 1863) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Elliptio rostraeformis (I. Lea, 1857) · unaccepted
Margarita (Unio) productus (Conrad, 1836) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) nasutulus (I. Lea, 1863) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) productus (Conrad, 1836) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) rostraeformis (I. Lea, 1857) · unaccepted
Unio (Elliptio) nasutulus I. Lea, 1863 · unaccepted
Unio (Elliptio) productus Conrad, 1836 · unaccepted
Unio (Elliptio) rostraeformis I. Lea, 1857 · unaccepted
Unio barrotti Küster, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio nasutidus I. Lea, 1863 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio nasutilus [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling )
Unio nasutulus "Lea" · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling...)
incorrect subsequent spelling based on I. Lea (1866), not qualifying as an emendation
Unio productus Conrad, 1836 · unaccepted
Unio rostraeformis I. Lea, 1857 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Unio rostriformis "I. Lea, 1858" · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling of...)
incorrect subsequent spelling of U. rostraeformis I. Lea, 1857
(of Unio productus Conrad, 1836) Conrad, T. A. (1835-1838). <i>Monography of the family Unionidae, or naiades of Lamarck, (fresh water bivalve shells), of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature</i>. Philadelphia: Dobson. 1: 1-12, pls 1-5 [1835]; 8: 65-72, pls. 36-40 [1837]; 10: 81-94, pls 46-51 [1838]; 11: 95-102, pls 52-56 [1838]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4206381
page(s): 31, pl. 14, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 31, pl. 14, fig. 1 [details]
Note USA, the Savannah River at Augusta
Type locality USA, the Savannah River at Augusta [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Elliptio producta (Conrad, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857283 on 2026-01-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Unio nasutidus I. Lea, 1863) Lea, I. (1863). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of Unionidae of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 15: 191-194 [after 28 July 1863; before 27 October 1863]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958455
page(s): 192 [details]
original description (of Unio rostraeformis I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of eleven new species of exotic uniones, from Georgia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(6): 262-263 [dated as 1856 by Scudder (1885: 71) but earliest acknowledged receipt documented by Fox (1913: xi) for number 8(5) was 25 April 1857]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935317
page(s): 262 [details]
original description (of Unio productus Conrad, 1836) Conrad, T. A. (1835-1838). <i>Monography of the family Unionidae, or naiades of Lamarck, (fresh water bivalve shells), of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature</i>. Philadelphia: Dobson. 1: 1-12, pls 1-5 [1835]; 8: 65-72, pls. 36-40 [1837]; 10: 81-94, pls 46-51 [1838]; 11: 95-102, pls 52-56 [1838]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4206381
page(s): 31, pl. 14, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Unio barrotti Küster, 1861) Küster, H. C. (1839-1862). Die Flussperlmuscheln (<i>Unio et Hyria</i>). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: <i>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz</i>, Bd 9(2): 1-318, pls 1-100, 18*. Published in parts: pls 6, 10-11 (1839); pls 14-16 (1842); 1-40, pls 1-2, 5, 7, 13-25 (1848); 41-64, pls 8, 9, 12, 17, 23-24 (1852); 65-88, pls 18-22, 18* (1853); 89-120, pls 27-32 (1854); 121-136, pls 33-44 (1855); 137-160, pls 45-54 (1856); pls 61-66 (1857); pls 55-60, 67-71, 77 (1860); 161-256, pls 72-76, 78-83, 85-88 (1861); 257-318, pls 84, 89-100 (1862). <em>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet.</em> 9(2): 161-256, plates 72, 75-76, 78-83, 85-88., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915196
page(s): 189, pl. 59, fig. 6 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 73(4): 291-314. [details]
page(s): 192 [details]
original description (of Unio rostraeformis I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of eleven new species of exotic uniones, from Georgia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(6): 262-263 [dated as 1856 by Scudder (1885: 71) but earliest acknowledged receipt documented by Fox (1913: xi) for number 8(5) was 25 April 1857]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935317
page(s): 262 [details]
original description (of Unio productus Conrad, 1836) Conrad, T. A. (1835-1838). <i>Monography of the family Unionidae, or naiades of Lamarck, (fresh water bivalve shells), of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature</i>. Philadelphia: Dobson. 1: 1-12, pls 1-5 [1835]; 8: 65-72, pls. 36-40 [1837]; 10: 81-94, pls 46-51 [1838]; 11: 95-102, pls 52-56 [1838]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4206381
page(s): 31, pl. 14, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Unio barrotti Küster, 1861) Küster, H. C. (1839-1862). Die Flussperlmuscheln (<i>Unio et Hyria</i>). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: <i>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz</i>, Bd 9(2): 1-318, pls 1-100, 18*. Published in parts: pls 6, 10-11 (1839); pls 14-16 (1842); 1-40, pls 1-2, 5, 7, 13-25 (1848); 41-64, pls 8, 9, 12, 17, 23-24 (1852); 65-88, pls 18-22, 18* (1853); 89-120, pls 27-32 (1854); 121-136, pls 33-44 (1855); 137-160, pls 45-54 (1856); pls 61-66 (1857); pls 55-60, 67-71, 77 (1860); 161-256, pls 72-76, 78-83, 85-88 (1861); 257-318, pls 84, 89-100 (1862). <em>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet.</em> 9(2): 161-256, plates 72, 75-76, 78-83, 85-88., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915196
page(s): 189, pl. 59, fig. 6 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 73(4): 291-314. [details]
Other
additional source
InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality USA, the Savannah River at Augusta [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Atlantic spike | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 41397)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elliptio producta)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85973 Unio rostraeformis Holotype) (from synonym Unio rostraeformis I. Lea, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Unio rostraeformis Lea, 1856 USNM 85973) (from synonym Unio rostraeformis I. Lea, 1857)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elliptio producta)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85973 Unio rostraeformis Holotype) (from synonym Unio rostraeformis I. Lea, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Unio rostraeformis Lea, 1856 USNM 85973) (from synonym Unio rostraeformis I. Lea, 1857)
