Brook floater
| 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) | |
| 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.
Distribution
This species is found in Canada (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia)[1] and the United States.
Habitat
This mussel lives in high relief streams, under boulders and in sand.
Survival threats
The Brook Floater is sensitive to sedimentation, flow alteration, and low oxygen conditions.
References
- ↑ Caroline Caissie, Dominique Audet, Freshwater Mussel Inventory in the Shediac and Scoudouc Rivers, New Brunswick Wildlife Trust Fund, 2006, p. 12. Accessed August 21, 2014
- Bogan, A.E 2000. Alasmidonta varicosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.