Eastern elliptio | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionoida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Elliptio |
Species: | E. complanata |
Binomial name | |
Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) |
The eastern elliptio (Elliptio complanata) is a freshwater mussel in the Unionidae family, native to Canada and the United States.