Biology:Atlanticoncha ochracea

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Atlanticoncha ochracea
Leptodea ochracea - Springfield Science Museum - Springfield, MA - DSC03459.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Lampsilini
Genus: Atlanticoncha
Smith, Pfeiffer & Johnson, 2020
Species:
A. ochracea
Binomial name
Atlanticoncha ochracea
(Say, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Leptodea ochracea

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

Wikidata ☰ Q309255 entry