Yellow lance
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Species: | E. lanceolata
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Elliptio lanceolata I. Lea, 1828
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The yellow lance, scientific name Elliptio lanceolata, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is endemic to the United States.
Sources
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Elliptio lanceolata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.