Biology:Lampsilis bracteata
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Short description: Species of bivalve
| Lampsilis bracteata | |
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| Two Texas fatmuckets | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Lampsilis |
| Species: | L. bracteata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lampsilis bracteata Gould, 1855
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Lampsilis bracteata, also known as the Texas fatmucket,[2] 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 . Historically the Texas fatmucket had populations in at least 18 rivers in the upper Colorado, Guadalupe, and San Antonio River systems in central Texas.[3]
References
- ↑ Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Lampsilis bracteata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T11252A3265770. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11252A3265770.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11252/3265770. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ Summary of mussel species[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] on earip.org
- ↑ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Texas Fatmucket, Golden Orb, Smooth Pimpleback, Texas Pimpleback, and Texas Fawnsfoot as Threatened or Endangered". Office of the Federal Register. https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2011/10/06/2011-25471/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-12-month-finding-on-a-petition-to-list-texas-fatmucket#p-23.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3016499 entry
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