#4823 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Eastern Elliptio

Elliptio complanata

LCleast concern 🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Philippe Blais · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Hungry-Sarracenia Photo · CC BY 4.0
3. © Philippe Blais · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Mike Leveille · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Mike Leveille · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Mike Leveille · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Alex Shure · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The eastern elliptio ( Elliptio complanata ) is a freshwater mussel in the Unionidae family, native to Canada and the United States.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,608iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
9,608 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Lightfoot in 1786 (240 years ago).