Atlanticoncha ochracea, the tidewater mucket, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Formerly classified in the now-defunct genus Leptodea, it is now considered the only member of the monotypic genus Atlanticoncha.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Tribe: | Lampsilini |
| Genus: | Atlanticoncha Smith, Pfeiffer & Johnson, 2020 |
| Species: | A. ochracea
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| Atlanticoncha ochracea (Say, 1817)
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This species is native to the east coast of the United States and Canada (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia).[1]
References
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- ^ a b Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Leptodea ochracea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T11686A503405. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11686A503405.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Atlanticoncha ochracea specimens". mussel-project.uwsp.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
- ^ "Molluscabase - Atlanticoncha C. H. Smith, J. M. Pfeiffer & N. A. Johnson, 2020". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
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