Obovaria 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.
Obovaria haddletoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Obovaria |
Species: | O. haddletoni
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Binomial name | |
Obovaria haddletoni (Athearn, 1964)
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This species was formerly in the genus Lampsilis, and was moved to Obovaria in 2008 based on morphological and zoogeographic analysis.
References
edit- ^ Cummings, K. & Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Obovaria haddletoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. IUCN: e.T11256A502298. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11256A502298.en. Retrieved 9 December 2017.