Source: Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States
From Burch, 1973, Biota Freshwater Ecosystems, E.P.A. Identification Manual No. 11:1-176
| Taxonomic Hierarchy | |
| Kingdom | Animalia – Animal |
| Phylum | Mollusca – molluscs, mollusks |
| Class | Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams |
| Subclass | Palaeoheterodonta Newell, 1965 |
| Order | Unionoida Stoliczka, 1871 |
| Family | Unionidae Fleming, 1828 |
| Genus | Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819 |
| Species | Elliptio spinosa (I. Lea, 1836) – Altamaha spinymussel |
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