| Orangenacre mucket | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Hamiota |
| Species: | H. perovalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hamiota perovalis Conrad, 1834 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Lampsilis perovalis |
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The orangenacre mucket or orange-nacre mucket, scientific name Hamiota perovalis, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is endemic to Alabama and Mississippi in the United States.
This mussel is 5 to 9 centimeters long. It is yellow to reddish brown in color and has a pink or white nacre.[1]
This bivalve has an appendage that resembles a fish, which it uses to lure prey items.[2]