About Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis, commonly known as the ellipse, is a bivalve species that belongs to the Unionidae family. This species occurs in the upper Mississippi drainage, with populations documented in southern Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, central Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, and eastern Iowa. It is also present in tributaries of the Missouri and Mississippi River system in the northeastern portion of the Ozark plateaus in Missouri, and extends west into the Neosho River of the Arkansas River drainage.
