Lampsilis
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Genus
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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 Lampsilis
- pink mucketPink mucketThe pink mucket or pink mucket pearly mussel, scientific name Lampsilis abrupta, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels...
(Lampsilis abrupta) - lined pocketbookLined pocketbookThe lined pocketbook, scientific name Lampsilis binominata, was a species of freshwater river mussel, an aquatic bivalve in the family Unionidae the river mussels.This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.-Source:...
(Lampsilis binominata) - Lampsilis bracteataLampsilis bracteataLampsilis bracteata is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to the United States.-Source:* Bogan, A.E. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Lampsilis cardiumLampsilis cardiumLampsilis cardium is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.-Distribution:This species is widespread in eastern North America...
- yellow lampmusselYellow lampmusselThe yellow lampmussel, scientific name Lampsilis cariosa, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.Its natural habitat is rivers.- Distribution and conservation status :...
(Lampsilis cariosa) - Lampsilis dolabraeformisLampsilis dolabraeformisLampsilis dolabraeformis is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to the United States.-Source:* Bogan, A.E. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Wavy-rayed Lampmussel (Lampsilis fasciolaLampsilis fasciolaLampsilis 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 :...
) - Florida Sandshell (Lampsilis floridensis)
- Waccamaw fatmucketWaccamaw fatmucketThe Waccamaw fatmucket, scientific name Lampsilis fullerkati, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to the United States.-Source:...
(Lampsilis fullerkati) - Lampsilis haddletoniLampsilis haddletoniLampsilis haddletoni is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to the United States.-Source:* Bogan, A.E. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Higgins' eye pearly musselHiggins' eye pearly musselLampsilis higginsii is a rare species of freshwater mussel known by the common name Higgins' eye pearly mussel. It is native to the United States, where it occurs in the Mississippi River and the drainages of some of its tributaries. It is threatened by the introduced zebra mussel...
(Lampsilis higginsii) - Lampsilis ornataLampsilis ornataLampsilis ornata is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to the United States.-Source:* Bogan, A.E. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Lampsilis ovataLampsilis ovataLampsilis ovata is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to eastern North America.-Source:* Bogan, A.E. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Arkansas fatmucketArkansas fatmucketLampsilis powellii is a rare species of freshwater mussel known by the common name Arkansas fatmucket. It is endemic to Arkansas in the United States, where it occurs in the Ouachita, Saline, and Caddo River systems. It is one of two mussels endemic to Arksansas, the other being speckled pocketbook...
(Lampsilis powellii) - Eastern lampmussel (Lampsilis radiata)
- Neosho mucketNeosho mucketThe neosho mucket or neosho pearly mussel, scientific name Lampsilis rafinesqueana, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to the United States....
(Lampsilis rafinesqueana) - Lampsilis saturaLampsilis saturaLampsilis satura is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to the United States.-Source:* Bogan, A.E. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Fatmucket Clam (Lampsilis siliquoideaLampsilis siliquoideaLampsilis siliquoidea also known as the Fatmucket Clam is a species of freshwater bivalve in the Unionidae family. It is widespread in North America, found in the drainages of both the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes, and Hudson Bay....
)) - Lampsilis splendidaLampsilis splendidaLampsilis splendida is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to the United States.-Source:* Bogan, A.E. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Rough fatmucket (Lampsilis straminea)
- speckled pocketbookSpeckled pocketbookThe speckled pocketbook, scientific name Lampsilis streckeri, is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It is endemic to Arkansas in the United States, where it is threatened by habitat loss. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.This...
(Lampsilis streckeri) - Yellow shandshell (Lampsilis teres)
- Alabama lamp naiadAlabama lamp naiadThe Alabama lamp naiad, Alabama lamp pearly mussel, or Alabama lampmussel, scientific name Lampsilis virescens, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels....
(Lampsilis virescens)
External Links
- Mussel Uses Fake Fish As Lure - Video of lampsilis perovalis luring a fish.