Biology:Rotundaria refulgens

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Rotundaria refulgens
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Rotundaria
Species:
R. refulgens
Binomial name
Rotundaria refulgens
(I. Lea, 1868)
Synonyms

Quadrula refulgens (I. Lea, 1868)

Rotundaria refulgens, the purple pimpleback, is a species of freshwater mussel.

This species is native to the United States , where it is endemic to the coastal Gulf drainages of Louisiana and Mississippi. Populations of this species appear to be stable, within its limited range.[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 refulgens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. 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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