| Ligumia nasuta | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Ligumia |
| Species: | L. nasuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Ligumia nasuta Say, 1817 |
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Ligumia nasuta (eastern pondmussel) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is endemic to the United States. Like many Unionoid mussels, female eastern pondmussels display a lure to attract their fish hosts (see video). Underwater video of a female L. nasuta displaying