Jump to content

Quadrula: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
ShortDescBot (talk | contribs)
ShortDescBot adding short description "Genus of bivalves"
 
(One intermediate revision by one other user not shown)
Line 19: Line 19:
* ''[[Quadrula rumphiana]]'' (Ridged mapleleaf)
* ''[[Quadrula rumphiana]]'' (Ridged mapleleaf)
* ''[[Quadrula verrucosa]]'' (Pistolgrip)
* ''[[Quadrula verrucosa]]'' (Pistolgrip)



==References==
==References==
Line 25: Line 24:


{{Taxonbar|from=Q3013603}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q3013603}}
{{Authority control}}


[[Category:Quadrula| ]]
[[Category:Quadrula| ]]
[[Category:Bivalve genera]]
[[Category:Bivalve genera]]
[[Category:Molluscs of North America]]
[[Category:Molluscs of the United States]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]



Latest revision as of 19:22, 13 October 2023

Quadrula
Quadrula fragosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Quadrulini
Genus: Quadrula
Rafinesque, 1820

Quadrula is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae native to rivers of the American Midwest and mid-south. All have thick nacreous shells with well-developed hinge teeth, many also with external shell sculpturing of nodules or lumps.

Species within the genus Quadrula

[edit]

In 2012, many species classified as Quadrula were moved to Rotundaria and Theliderma based on genetic and morphological evidence.[1] Species currently in Quadrula now consist of:[2]

Quadrula verrucosa

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Campbell, David; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "The Genera of Pleurobemini (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". American Malacological Bulletin. 30 (1): 19–38.
  2. ^ Quadrula World Register of Marine Species