Ellipsaria lineolata

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Ellipsaria lineolata is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This is the sole species in the monotypic genus Ellipsaria . This species is native to the drainage systems of the Mississippi River and the Mobile River in the United States.

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  1. (c) USFWS Mountain Prairie, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ellipsaria_lineolata.jpg
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsaria_lineolata

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