Elliptio buckleyi

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater [1].

Ecology: This species occurs in freshwater drainages and many lakes , ponds , and canals, including the St . Johns River south to Lake Okeechobee and Lake Osbourne (Johnson 1972)[1].

List of Habitats :

• 5 Wetlands (inland)
• 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
• 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
• 15 Artificial/Aquatic and Marine
• 15.2 Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha)
• 15.9 Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

There are numerous synonyms of Elliptio buckleyi (see Johnson 1972), some of which, given genetic studies, might prove distinct . Possibly large genetic differences exist between populations in same habitats in different drainages (Kat and Davis 1984). There are two morphological forms of this species that appear distinct if only a limited number of samples are examined. There is a dark, thick morph with the umbo far forward and a pronounced dorsal ridge. By contrast there is a polished, thinner morph with more central umbos and a less pronounced ridge - this morph is often brightly rayed. The former was given the names Unio cunninghami (Wright 1883), and Unio tenuisculus (Frierson 1911). But Lea's Unio buckleyi is a large eroded specimen of this morph from the northern part of the range and is the earliest name for this species. The polished morph has recieved several names as well: fryanus, orcuttii, and dorei (Wright 1888), and hartii and sanctorumjohanium (Wright 1933). The two morphs intergrade completely with each other and are not sympatric. The dark morph tends to occur in the larger lakes and impounded portions of large rivers : Lake Okeechobee, Tiger Lake, Lake Monroe, etc. The polished, rayed morph is common in the numerous small lakes and small rivers scattered throughout central Florida. At this time, all morphological forms are subsumed under the single species, Elliptio buckleyi.Other synonyms also include Unio hinkleyi (Wright, 1888), Unio ferrissii (Marsh , 1891), Unio subluridus (Simpson, 1892), Unio caloosaensis (Dall, 1898) and Unio (Elliptio) webbianus (Wright, 1934).

A list of synonyms for this species can be found on The MUSSEL project web site (Graf and Cummings 2011).[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Elliptio

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 44 species and subspecies in this genus:

E. ahenea (Southern Lance) · E. angustata (Carolina Lance) · E. arca (Alabama Spike) · E. arctata (Delicate Spike) · E. buckleyi (Florida Shiny Spike) · E. chipolaensis (Chipola Slabshell) · E. cistellaeformis (Box Spike) · E. complanata (Eastern Elliptio) · E. complanata complanata (Eastern Elliptio) · E. congaraea (Carolina Slabshell) · E. crassidens (Elephantear Mussel) · E. crassidens crassidens (Elephant Ear) · E. cylindracea (Sad Elliptio) · E. dariensis (Georgia Elephant-Ear) · E. dilatata (Spike) · E. downiei (Satilla Elephant-Ear) · E. errans (Oval Elliptio) · E. fisheriana (Northern Lance) · E. folliculata (Pod Lance) · E. fraterna (Brother Spike) · E. fraternum (Brother Spike) · E. hepatica (Brown Elliptio) · E. hopetonensis (Altamaha Slabshell) · E. icterina (Variable Spike) · E. jayensis (Flat Spike) · E. judithae (Plicate Spike) · E. judithae judithae (Plicate Spike) · E. lanceolata (Yellow Lance) · E. lugubris (Sad Elliptio) · E. macmichaeli (Fluted Elephant-Ear) · E. marsupiobesa (Cape Fear Spike) · E. mcmichaeli (Fluted Elephantear) · E. monroensis (St Johns Elephantear) · E. nigella (Recovery Pearly Mussel) · E. producta (Atlantic Spike) · E. purpurella (Inflated Spike) · E. pusillus (Kalimantan Ilisha) · E. raveneli (Carolina Spike) · E. roanokensis (Roanoke Slabshell) · E. shepardiana (Altamaha Lance) · E. spinosa (Altamaha Spinymussel) · E. steinstansana (Tar River Spinymussel) · E. waccamawensis (Waccamaw Spike) · E. waltoni (Florida Lance)

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Further Reading

• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 270.
• Occasional papers on mollusks. 3 1973 Cambridge, Mass.: Dept. of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1945- url p. 284.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• Cummings, K. and Cordeiro, J. 2011. Elliptio buckleyi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Mollusc Collection - Unionoida

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2692524
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-79975
• IUCN ID: 207148
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 705316

Footnotes

1. Cummings, K. & Cordeiro, J. 2011. Elliptio buckleyi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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