Sagittunio subrostratus
Sagittunio subrostratus, commonly referred to as the pondmussel or black pondmussel,[1] is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.[2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Superfamily: | Unionoidea |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Sagittunio |
| Species: | S. subrostratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sagittunio subrostratus (Say, 1831) | |
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This species is endemic to the United States.
References
- NatureServe, Ligumia subrostrata
- Haag, W. R. (2012). North American Freshwater Mussels: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation. Cambridge University Press.
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sagittunio subrostratus (Say, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056436 on 2021-05-08
- Watters, G.T. (2018). A preliminary review of the nominal genus Villosa of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae) in North America. Visaya. Suppl. 10: 3-139.
External links
- Lea I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19
- Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fresh water and marine shells. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (2) 1(4): 275-280, plates 37-39
- Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of seven new species of uniones from South Carolina, Florida, Alabama and Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 11: 154-155
- Lea, I. (1868). Description of sixteen new species of the genus Unio of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 20: 143-145
- Simpson, C. T. (1914). A descriptive catalogue of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. Part I Unionidae, Truncilla - Margaritana. Bryant Walker, Detroit, Michigan. Pp. 1-524
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