Holotype of Elliptio (Canthyria) steinstansana

Date Collected:

1982-09

North America: United States: North Carolina | 1.5 mi. N. Tarboro, Tar River

Current Identification
Parvaspina steinstansana (Johnson & Clarke, 1983)
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Palaeoheterodonta Unionoida Unionoidea Unionidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Elliptio (Canthyria) steinstansana Johnson & Clarke, 1983
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Palaeoheterodonta Unionoida Unionoidea Unionidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Clarke and Johnson 1983, page 291, Holotype of Elliptio (Canthyria) steinstansana Johnson & Clarke, 1983 also Fig. 4, Plate 40, one spine on right valve only
Media type: text; Clarke and Johnson 1983 Description: A new spiny mussel, Elliptio (Canthyria) steinstansia (Bivalvia: Unionidae), from the Tar River, North Carolina;

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Shows Publication: Clarke and Johnson 1983 Description: A new spiny mussel, Elliptio (Canthyria) steinstansia (Bivalvia: Unionidae), from the Tar River, North Carolina

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Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-08-07
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2023-08-02   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-08-07

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  • Entered from ledger.

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • North Carolina
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007709 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • 1.5 mi. N. Tarboro, Tar River
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, North Carolina, 1.5 mi. N. Tarboro, Tar River
  • Georeference:
  • 35.9185800°, -77.535805° (Error radius: 5883m) 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:
  • 1982-09-01 / 1982-09-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Sep/1982
  • Collectors:
  • Arthur H. Clarke, Jr.linked data icon; R. G. Biggins

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Media type: text; Malacology 282676;  282677;  282678;  282679;  282680;  282681;  282682;  282683;  282684;  282685;  282686;  282687;  282688;  282689;  282690;  282691;  282692;  282693;  282694;  282695;  282696;  282697;  282698;  282699;  282700 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 278001-283000, pg.200;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:282676 Parvaspina steinstansana Parat...

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