Paratype of Elliptio (Canthyria) steinstansana

Date Collected:

1982-08-18

North America: United States: North Carolina | Tarboro, Tar River, muskrat - midden at Riverside Park

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: migration

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

  • malacology accession number: 1451

Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History

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  • future type-paratype; 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:
  • Tarboro, Tar River, muskrat - midden at Riverside Park
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, North Carolina, Tarboro, Tar River, muskrat - midden at Riverside Park
  • Georeference:
  • 36.5054120°, -80.601730° (Error radius: 2289m) 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
  • Collected On:
  • 1982-08-18
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 18/Aug/1982
  • Collector:
  • R. G. Biggins

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Media type: text; Malacology 282776;  282777;  282778;  282779;  282780;  282781;  282782;  282783;  282784;  282785;  282786;  282787;  282788;  282789;  282790;  282791;  282792;  282793;  282794;  282795;  282796;  282797;  282798;  282799;  282800 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 278001-283000, pg.204;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:282776 Octopodidae to MCZ:Mala:282800 ...

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