Summary ²

The eastern elliptio (Elliptio complanata) is a freshwater mussel in the Unionidae family, native to Canada and the United States.

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1. (c) Philippe Blais, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Philippe Blais
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptio_complanata

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