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Brother spike
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Elliptio
Species: E. fraterna
Binomial name
Elliptio fraterna
(I. Lea, 1852)
Synonyms

Elliptio fraternum

The brother spike (Elliptio fraterna) is a species of freshwater mussel the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is endemic to the Savannah River, United States. It listed as "endangered "in 1996 and was changed due to insufficient information and it has a world listing of "critically imperilled/imperilled".

References

  1. ^ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Elliptio fraterna". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T7645A12839104. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T7645A12839104.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Kilgo, John (15 June 2005). Ecology and Management of a Forested Landscape: Fifty Years on the Savannah River Site. Island Press. p. 172. ISBN 159726251X. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
Taxon identifiers
Elliptio fraterna
Unio fraternus
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