Biology:Obovaria haddletoni

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Obovaria haddletoni

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Obovaria
Species:
O. haddletoni
Binomial name
Obovaria haddletoni
(Athearn, 1964)

Obovaria haddletoni 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 .

This species was formerly in the genus Lampsilis, and was moved to Obovaria in 2008 based on morphological and zoogeographic analysis.

References

  1. Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Obovaria haddletoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2012: e.T11256A502298. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11256A502298.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11256/0. Retrieved 9 December 2017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q28320593 entry