Biology:Salamander mussel
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Short description: Species of bivalve
| Salamander mussel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Tribe: | Anodontini |
| Genus: | Simpsonaias Frierson, 1914 |
| Species: | S. ambigua
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| Binomial name | |
| Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825)
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| Synonyms | |
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Simpsoniconcha ambigua (Say, 1825) | |
Simpsonaias ambigua, the salamander mussel or mudpuppy mussel, is a species of bivalve in the family Unionidae. It is unique among freshwater mussels in using mudpuppies as its glochidial host. It is the only freshwater mussel known to have a non-fish host.[2]
Distribution and conservation status
The mussel is native to the United States and Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed the Salamander mussel in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being endangered in Canada.[3]
References
- ↑ Bogan, A.E.; Woolnough, D.; Seddon, M.B. (2017). "Simpsonaias ambigua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T20247A62905797. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T20247A62905797.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20247/62905797. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ "Simpsonaias ambigua Michigan Natural Features Inventory". https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/abstracts/zoology/Simpsonaias_ambigua.pdf.
- ↑ COSEWIC. 2005. Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 13.
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