Fusconaia subrotunda
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Fusconaia |
Species: | F. subrotunda
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Binomial name | |
Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831)
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Synonyms[4] | |
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Fusconaia subrotunda, the longsolid,[2][3] long solid mussel or long solid naiad, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae.
This mussel, sometimes called a pigtoe, is found in river gravel. Young mussels are light brown, but darken to nearly black with age.
This species is found in Canada and the United States.
Subspecies
[edit]- Fusconaia subrotunda kirklandiana
- Fusconaia subrotunda lesueriana Lea
- Fusconaia subrotunda pilaris Lea
- Fusconaia subrotunda subrotunda
References
[edit]- ^ Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Fusconaia subrotunda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T8775A3146358. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T8775A3146358.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Longsolid (Fusconaia subrotunda)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ a b 88 FR 14794
- ^ "Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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