Cyclonaias pustulosa
Cyclonaias pustulosa[2] is a species of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is native to North America, where it is a widespread and common.[1][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Cyclonaias |
| Species: | C. pustulosa |
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| Cyclonaias pustulosa (I. Lea, 1831) | |
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The species was formerly classified within the genus Quadrula, and in 2012 it was moved to Rotundaria based on genetic evidence.[4]
A view of valves of Rotundaria pustulosa
References
- "Quadrula pustulosa". NatureServe. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
- Worms
- The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
- 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. S2CID 84056130.
- Williams, J. D.; Bogan, A. E.; Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 908 pp.
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