Ellipsaria lineolata
| Ellipsaria lineolata | |
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| A live individual of Ellipsaria lineolata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Ellipsaria Rafinesque, 1820 |
| Species: | E. lineolata
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| Binomial name | |
| Ellipsaria lineolata Rafinesque, 1820
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Ellipsaria lineolata is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This is the sole species in the monotypic genus Ellipsaria . This species is native to the drainage systems of the Mississippi River and the Mobile River in the United States.
References
- ^ Bogan, A.E. 1996. Ellipsaria lineolata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded 7 August 2007.
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