# Purple bankclimber

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Species of bivalve

Purple bankclimber Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] Imperiled (NatureServe)[2] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Family: Unionidae Tribe: Pleurobemini Genus: Elliptoideus Frierson, 1927 Species: E. sloatianus Binomial name Elliptoideus sloatianus (I. Lea, 1840) Synonyms Nephronaias sloatianus I. Lea, 1840

The **purple bankclimber** (***Elliptoideus sloatianus***) is a rare and endangered [species](/source/Species) of [freshwater mussel](/source/Freshwater_mussel), an [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) [mollusk](/source/Mollusk) in the family [Unionidae](/source/Unionidae), the river mussels.

This species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to the states of [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(US_State)) and [Florida](/source/Florida) in the [United States](/source/United_States). It can be found in the [Chattahoochee](/source/Chattahoochee_River), Flint, and [Ochlockonee](/source/Ochlockonee_River) rivers. Its habitats are rivers and streams. It is normally found in medium currents over sand, sand mixed with mud, or gravel substrates, swept free of silt by the current.[3]

The threats to this mussel are habitat change, sedimentation, and water quality degradation. It is listed as threatened under the [Endangered Species Act](/source/Endangered_Species_Act).[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-iucn_status_17_November_2021_1-0)** Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). ["*Elliptoideus sloatianus*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7652/3140353). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2012** e.T7652A3140353. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T7652A3140353.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T7652A3140353.en). Retrieved 17 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NS_2-0)** [NatureServe](/source/NatureServe). ["*Elliptoideus sloatianus*"](https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.120124/). *NatureServe Explorer*. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 24 December 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-fws_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-fws_3-1) US Fish and Wildlife Service. ["Purple bankclimber (mussel) (Elliptoideus sloatianus) Species page"](https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/7660).

Taxon identifiers Elliptoideus sloatianus Wikidata: Q3014950 Wikispecies: Elliptoideus sloatianus BOLD: 82006 CoL: 39BNK ECOS: 7660 EoL: 449341 GBIF: 2288304 iNaturalist: 99860 IRMNG: 10941143 ISC: 122618 ITIS: 80298 IUCN: 7652 NatureServe: 2.120124 NCBI: 52367 Open Tree of Life: 88264 WoRMS: 857289 Elliptoideus Wikidata: Q10272009 Wikispecies: Elliptoideus BOLD: 82005 CoL: 7NYHC EoL: 57614 GBIF: 2288303 iNaturalist: 88136 IRMNG: 1206368 ITIS: 80297 NCBI: 52366 Open Tree of Life: 221768 WoRMS: 856847 Unio sloatianus Wikidata: Q109546351 CoL: 7DKS7 ITIS: 986612

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