Amblema
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Amblema is a genus
of freshwater mussels, aquatic
bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae
, the river mussels.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of freshwater mussels, aquatic
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 mollusks 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.
Species within the genus Amblema
- Coosa threeridge, Amblema elliottii
- Fat threeridgeFat threeridgeThe fat threeridge is a freshwater mussel native to the rivers in southern Georgia and Florida. It belongs to the phylum Mollusca, the class, Bivalvia, the order Unionoida and the family Unionidae. It resides in shallow rivers in the muddy and sandy bottom of the river beds...
, Amblema neislerii - Threeridge, Amblema plicataAmblema plicataAmblema plicata, common name the Threeridge, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels....