Biology:Atlanticoncha ochracea
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Short description: Species of bivalve
Atlanticoncha ochracea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Tribe: | Lampsilini |
Genus: | Atlanticoncha Smith, Pfeiffer & Johnson, 2020 |
Species: | A. ochracea
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Binomial name | |
Atlanticoncha ochracea (Say, 1817)
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Atlanticoncha ochracea, the tidewater mucket, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Formerly classified in the now-defunct genus Leptodea, it is now considered the only member of the monotypic genus Atlanticoncha.[2][3]
This species is native to the east coast of the United States and Canada (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia).[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Leptodea ochracea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T11686A503405. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11686A503405.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11686/503405. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ "MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Atlanticoncha ochracea specimens". https://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/fmuotwaolcb/validsp_104.html.
- ↑ "Molluscabase - Atlanticoncha C. H. Smith, J. M. Pfeiffer & N. A. Johnson, 2020" (in en). https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1449825.
Wikidata ☰ Q309255 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanticoncha ochracea.
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