Biology:Green floater
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Short description: Species of bivalve
| Green floater | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Lasmigona |
| Species: | L. subviridis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lasmigona subviridis Conrad, 1835
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The green floater (Lasmigona subviridis) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is endemic to the United States . It is found in West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Tennessee , North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia and New York, and has been extirpated from Alabama and Georgia.[1][2] Its populations in the Susquehanna River and the Potomac River are considered to be genetically distinct from the southern population.[3] As of 2023, the species is under review for listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.[4]
It is reported to be a simultaneous hermaphrodite under most conditions.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Lasmigona subviridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T11361A502725. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11361A502725.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11361/502725. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NatureServe (3 March 2023). "Lasmigona subviridis". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.107377/Lasmigona_subviridis.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kipp, R.M.; Benson, A.J.; Larson, J.; Fusaro, A. (6 November 2019). "Lasmigona subviridis Conrad, 1835". Gainesville, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey. https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=146.
- ↑ "Green floater (Lasmigona subviridis)". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/7541.
Wikidata ☰ Q610162 entry
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