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Hamiota perovalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Hamiota
Species:
H. perovalis
Binomial name
Hamiota perovalis
(Conrad, 1834)
Synonyms

Lampsilis perovalis (Conrad, 1834)

Hamiota perovalis, the orangenacre mucket or orange-nacre mucket, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to Alabama and Mississippi in the United States.

Description

This mussel is 5 to 9 centimeters long. It is yellow to reddish brown in color, and has a pink or white nacre.[1]

This bivalve has an appendage that resembles a fish, which it uses to lure host fish for its parasitic larva or Glochidia.[2]

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