Altamaha lance
Encyclopedia
The Altamaha lance is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic
bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae
, the river mussels, naiads or unionids.
This species is endemic to the United States
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Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae
Unionidae
Unionidae is a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionoida, the bivalve mollusks sometimes known as river mussels, naiads, or simply as unionids.The range of distribution for this family is world-wide...
, the river mussels, naiads or unionids.
This species is endemic to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Source
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Elliptio shepardiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.