| Brook floater | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Alasmidonta |
| Species: | A. varicosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Alismodonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) |
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The brook floater, Alasmidonta varicosa, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
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This species is found in Canada and the United States.
This mussel lives in high relief streams, under boulders and in sand.
The Brook Floater is sensitive to sedimentation, flow alteration, and low oxygen conditions.