Medionidus
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Medionidus is a genus
of freshwater mussels, aquatic
bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae
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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...
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Species within the genus Medionidus
- Alabama moccasinshellAlabama moccasinshellThe Alabama moccasinshell is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It is native to Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, and possibly Florida. It is a federally listed threatened species of the United States.This aquatic bivalve mollusk is about 3...
(Medionidus acutissimus) - Medionidus conradicusMedionidus conradicusMedionidus conradicus is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to the drainages of the Cumberland River and the Tennessee River in the United States....
- Tombigbee moccasinshellTombigbee moccasinshellThe Tombigbee moccasinshell, scientific name Medionidus mcglameriae, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels....
(Medionidus mcglameriae) - Coosa moccasinshellCoosa moccasinshellThe Coosa moccasinshell is a rare species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This aquatic bivalve mollusk is native to Georgia and Tennessee in the United States, and has been extirpated from the state of Alabama...
(Medionidus parvulus) - gulf moccasinshellGulf moccasinshellThe gulf moccasinshell is a rare species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This aquatic bivalve mollusk is native to Alabama, Florida, and Georgia in the United States, where it is in decline and has been extirpated from most of the rivers it once inhabited...
(Medionidus penicillatus) - Ochlockonee moccasinshellOchlockonee moccasinshellThe Ochlockonee moccasinshell, scientific name Medionidus simpsonianus, 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...
(Medionidus simpsonianus) - Medionidus walkeriMedionidus walkeriMedionidus walkeri 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....