Biology:Villosa trabalis

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Villosa trabalis
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CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Villosa
Species:
V. trabalis
Binomial name
Villosa trabalis
(Conrad, 1834)
Synonyms[3]

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

Wikidata ☰ Q1054561 entry