| North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Invertebrate database |
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| ID_parent NCSM_I55385 |
| Family | Unionidae |
| Scientific name |  Elliptio steinstansana |
| Previous number | MFM 15967 |
| Primary field number | HDA-4984 |
| Primary remarks | 3 paired bivalves, dry. Vouchers of MFM Unionid database project. Age status 1. Originally identified as Canthyria steinstansana, HD Athearn. |
| Salinity | F |
| Continent/ocean | North America |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Pitt |
| Locality | Tar River from 30m [0.18 river mile] below [downstream] Highway 222 to 3 km [1.86 river miles] above [upstream] Falkland, [point estimated from 8.82 to 10.53 air miles NNW center Greenville], [Falkland and Greenville NW Quads]. |
| Lat-long derived from | DeLorme Topo USA |
| Latitude | 35.69564819 |
| Longitude | -77.48995209 |
| MAP | decimal latitude_longitude ••• 35.69564819_-77.48995209 |
| Lat. direction | N |
| Lat. degrees | 35.69564819 |
| Long. direction | W |
| Long. degrees | 77.48995209 |
| Collector | HD Athearn |
| Date | 1978-September-18 |
| Locality remarks | River still quite clean. Corbicula had only reached upstream to Highway 222 bridge. Stream 150m x 1m or much less in height, low, clear. Bottom sand and wood trash. [Air mileage, quads and coordinates added 6 Jan 2010, BLC]. |
| Geodetic datum | WGS84/NAD83 |
| Basin | Pamlico Sound Basin |
| Subbasin 1 | Pamlico R. |
| Subbasin 2 | Tar R. |
| Terminal Element | Tar R. |
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