| Salamander mussel | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Simpsonaias |
| Species: | S. ambigua |
| Binomial name | |
| Simpsonaias ambigua Say, 1825 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Simpsoniconcha ambigua (Say, 1825) |
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Simpsonaias ambigua, the salamander mussel, Mudpuppy Mussel, is a species of bivalve in the Unionidae family.
It is native to the United States and Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being endangered in Canada.[2]