Biology:Hamiota perovalis

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Hamiota perovalis
Hamiota perovalis.jpg
Museum specimen
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Hamiota
Species:
H. perovalis
Binomial name
Hamiota perovalis
(Conrad, 1834)
Synonyms

Lampsilis perovalis (Conrad, 1834)

Hamiota perovalis, the orangenacre mucket or orange-nacre mucket, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to Alabama and Mississippi in the United States .

Description

This mussel is 5 to 9 centimeters long. It is yellow to reddish brown in color, and has a pink or white nacre.[2]

This bivalve has an appendage that resembles a fish, which it uses to lure host fish for its parasitic larva (glochidia).[3]

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