Biology:Gonidea angulata
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| Genus: | Gonidea
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| Species: | G. angulata
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| Gonidea angulata Lea, 1839[2]
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Gonidea angulata (Rocky Mountain ridged mussel) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Description
Shell is 125 mm long, 65 mm high, 40 mm wide.[3]
Distribution and conservation status
This species is found in Canada and in the western United States .
In Canada, it lives in British Columbia, where the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has listed it as a species of special concern. The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being a species of special concern in Canada in 2003, and as endangered in 2010.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Gonidea angulata". NatureServe. http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Gonidea+angulata+. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
- ↑ Lea, I. 1838. Description of new freshwater and land shells. American Philosophical Society, Transactions 6: 1-111.
- ↑ COSEWIC 2003. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Rocky mountain ridged mussel Gonidea angulata in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 29 pp. (www.sararegistry.gc.ca/status/status_e.cfm) http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/virtual_sara/files/cosewic/sr_rocky_mount_ridged_mussel_e.pdf
- ↑ COSEWIC. 2005. Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 27.
- ↑ COSEWIC. 2011. [1]. COSEWIC, Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
Wikidata ☰ Q3012753 entry
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