MCZ Malacology 155567

Elliptio hopetonensis Lea

Syntype of Unio hopetonensis

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2008-04-30

North America: United States: Georgia | [Near Darien, Hopetown]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mala:155567 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Elliptio hopetonensis Lea
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Palaeoheterodonta Unionoida Unionoidea Unionidae
Common Name(s): Altamaha slabshell
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Current name prior to MCZBase: 'Elliptio hopetonensis'
Previous Identification
Unio hopetonensis Lea
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Palaeoheterodonta Unionoida Unionoidea Unionidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Lea 1839, page 29, Syntype of Unio hopetonensis Lea
Johnson 1956, page 118, Voucher of Unio hopetonensis Lea cited as paratypes
Media type: text; Lea 1839 Description: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series vol. 6;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Lea 1839 Description: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series vol. 6

Media type: text; Johnson 1956 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. CXV no. 4;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Johnson 1956 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. CXV no. 4

  • malacology accession number: 1173

Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) unchecked in collection 4 History

  • None

  • None

  • Paratypes

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Georgia
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007248 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [Near Darien, Hopetown]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, Georgia, [Near Darien, Hopetown]
  • Georeference:
  • 31.3702260°, -81.433990° (Error radius: 2136m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2008-04-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • J. H. Couper

  • None

Media type: text; Malacology 155551; 155552; 155553; 155554; 155555; 155556; 155557; 155558; 155559; 155560; 155561; 155562; 155563; 155564; 155565; 155566; 155567; 155568; 155569; 155570; 155571; 155572; 155573; 155574; 155575 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 150001-156000, pg.223;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:155551 Musculus opifex to MCZ:Mala:155...

  • [Masked]

  • None
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