Biology:Villosa trabalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Villosa |
| Species: | V. trabalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Villosa trabalis (Conrad, 1834)
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Villosa trabalis, the Cumberland bean pearly mussel, Cumberland bean, or purple bean, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae.
This species is endemic to the United States . It can be found in Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, is likely extirpated from Alabama and possibly extirpated from North Carolina and Georgia.[4] Its natural habitat is riffles in steams or rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[4]
It is a federally listed endangered species,[5] having received the designation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1976.[5][6]: 24064 It is also protected under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.[2]: 59
References
- ↑ Bogan, A.E.; Seddon, M.B. (2000). "Venustaconcha trabalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T22976A9404092. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T22976A9404092.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22976/9404092. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Appendices | CITES". 23 February 2023. https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.
- ↑ "Villosa trabalis". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/2288112.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 NatureServe (7 April 2023). "Venustaconcha trabalis". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1066921/Venustaconcha_trabalis.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Cumberland bean (pearlymussel) (Villosa trabalis)". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/6061.
- ↑ 41 FR 24062
Wikidata ☰ Q1054561 entry
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