Biology:Rotundaria succissa

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Rotundaria succissa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Rotundaria
Species:
R. succissa
Binomial name
Rotundaria succissa
(I. Lea, 1852)
Synonyms

Quadrula succissa (I. Lea, 1852)

Rotundaria succissa is a species of bivalve in the family Unionidae.

It is native to the United States , where it is endemic to the Apalachicolan Region of Alabama and Florida. Here, it is found in the Choctawhatchee, Escambia, and Yellow River systems. It is considered to be a somewhat "hardy" mussel in terms of tolerating poor water quality, and its populations appear to be stable.[2]

It was formerly classified under Quadrula, but in 2012 it was moved to Rotundaria based on genetic evidence.[3]

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. 1996. Quadrula succissa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2016.
  2. Quadrula succissa NatureServe
  3. Campbell, David; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "The Genera of Pleurobemini (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". American Malacological Bulletin 30 (1): 19–38. doi:10.4003/006.030.0102. 

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