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Revision as of 18:50, 24 June 2019
Hamiota perovalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Hamiota |
Species: | H. perovalis
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Binomial name | |
Hamiota perovalis (Conrad, 1834)
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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]
References
- ^ USFWS. Endangered status for eight freshwater mussels and threatened status for three freshwater mussels in the Mobile River drainage. Federal Register March 17, 1993.
- ^ Lampsilis perovalis using a lure
External links
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Lampsilis perovalis. 2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 September 2011.
- USFWS. Lampsilis perovalis Species Report.