Biology:Shiny pigtoe

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Shiny pigtoe
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.326264 - Fusconaia cor (Conrad, 1834) - Unionidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Museum specimen
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Fusconaia
Species:
F. cor
Binomial name
Fusconaia cor
(Conrad, 1834)
Synonyms[4]
  • Fusconaia edgariana (Lea, 1840)
  • Unio cor Conrad, 1834
  • Unio edgarianus Lea, 1840
  • Unio obuncus Lea, 1871
  • Unio andersonensis Lea, 1872
  • Fusconaia cor subsp. analoga Ortmann, 1918

The shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia cor) is a species of bivalve in the family Unionidae. It is endemic to the United States .

The shiny pigtoe has been eliminated from most of its historic range.[1] Populations currently exist in the North Fork of the Holston River, Clinch, Powell and Paint Rock river systems.[5] The shiny pigtoe is tachytichtic, spawning between late May and early June.[5] Known glochidial hosts include the common (Luxilus cornutus), warpaint (Luxilus coccogenis), telescope (Notropis telescopus) and whitetail (Cyprinella galactura) shiners.[5]

This species appears to be most closely related to Fusconaia cuneolus.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Fusconaia cor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T8778A3146798. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T8778A3146798.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8778/3146798. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. "Shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia cor)". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/2573. 
  3. 41 FR 24062
  4. "Fusconaia cor (Conrad, 1834)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=80044. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 NatureServe (7 April 2023). "Fusconaia cor". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.108198/Fusconaia_cor. 
  6. Campbell, David; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "Molecular Systematics of Fusconaia (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". American Malacological Bulletin 30 (1): 1–17. doi:10.4003/006.030.0101. 

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