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{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}
{{Taxobox
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Quadrula''
| image = Winged mapleleaf.jpg
| image = Winged mapleleaf.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Quadrula fragosa]]''
| image_caption = ''[[Quadrula fragosa]]''
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| taxon = Quadrula
| authority = Rafinesque, 1820
| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
| classis = [[Bivalvia]]
| ordo = [[Unionoida]]
| familia = [[Unionidae]]
| tribus = [[Quadrulini]]
| genus = '''''Quadrula'''''
}}
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Species currently in ''Quadrula'' now consist of:<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=856848 ''Quadrula'' World Register of Marine Species]</ref>
Species currently in ''Quadrula'' now consist of:<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=856848 ''Quadrula'' World Register of Marine Species]</ref>
[[Image:Pistolgrip Mussel (6473798785).jpg|right|thumb|''[[Quadrula verrucosa]]'']]
[[Image:Pistolgrip Mussel (6473798785).jpg|right|thumb|''[[Quadrula verrucosa]]'']]
* [[southern mapleleaf]] (''[[Quadrula apiculata]]'')
* ''[[Quadrula apiculata]]'' (Southern mapleleaf)
* [[winged mapleleaf]] (''[[Quadrula fragosa]]'')
* ''[[Quadrula fragosa]]'' (Winged mapleleaf)
* [[gulf mapleleaf]] (''[[Quadrula nobilis]]'')
* ''[[Quadrula nobilis]]'' (Gulf mapleleaf)
* [[mapleleaf (freshwater mussel)|mapleleaf]] (''[[Quadrula quadrula]]'')
* ''[[Quadrula quadrula]]'' (Mapleleaf)
* [[ridged mapleleaf]] (''[[Quadrula rumphiana]]'')
* ''[[Quadrula rumphiana]]'' (Ridged mapleleaf)
* [[Pistolgrip (freshwater mussel)|Pistolgrip]] (''[[Quadrula verrucosa]]'')
* ''[[Quadrula verrucosa]]'' (Pistolgrip)

==See also==
* [[List of non-marine molluscs of the United States]]


==References==
==References==
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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

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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

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  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