Lampsilis fasciola
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| Lampsilis fasciola | |
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| Lampsilis fasciola | |
| Conservation status | |
| NE[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Lampsilis |
| Species: | L. fasciola |
| Binomial name | |
| Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820 | |
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Lampsilis fasciola, common name the Wavy-rayed Lampmussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Distribution and conservation status
This river mussel is native to the drainage of the Ohio River and some drainages of the Great Lakes.
The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being endangered in Canada.[2]
References
Notes
- ↑ IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 5 November 2008.
- ↑ COSEWIC. 2005. Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 13.
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