Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis, the ellipse, is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Unionidae.^[4]

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Bivalvia

Order:Unionida

Family:Unionidae

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Venustaconcha ellipsiformis
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Venustaconcha
Species:	V. ellipsiformis
Binomial name
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)
Synonyms[3]
List Actinonaias ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) Eurynia (Micromya) ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) Eurynia (Micromya) venusta (Lea, 1838) Lampsilis (Eurynia) ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) Lampsilis (Eurynia) venusta (Lea, 1838) Lampsilis (Eurynia) venustus (Lea, 1838) Lampsilis (Ligumia) ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) Lampsilis (Venusta) ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) Lampsilis (Venusta) venusta (Lea, 1838) Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) venusta (Lea, 1838) Lampsilis venusta (Lea, 1838) Ligumia (Micromya) ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) Margarita (Unio) venustus (Lea, 1838) Margaron (Unio) spatulatus (Lea, 1845) Margaron (Unio) venustus (Lea, 1838) Unio ellipsiformis Conrad, 1836 Unio iridescens Conrad, 1838 Unio spatulatus Lea, 1845 Unio venustus Lea, 1838 Venustaconcha ellipsiformis ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)

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The ellipse is found in the upper Mississippi drainage from southern Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, central Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, and eastern Iowa. It is also found in tributaries of the Missouri and Mississippi River system in the northeastern part of the Ozark plateaus in Missouri west to the Neosho River of the Arkansas River drainage. ^[5]