Ligumia is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae.[1]

Ligumia
Ligumia recta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Lampsilini
Genus: Ligumia
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Unio recta Lamarck, 1819
Synonyms
  • Lampsilis (Ligumia)
  • Unio (Ligumia) Swainson, 1840 (original rank)

Species

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Species within the genus Liguma include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ligumia Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571698 on 2021-05-08
  • Williams, J. D.; Bogan, A. E.; Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 908 pp
  • InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).
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