Ligumia is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae.[1]
| Ligumia | |
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| Ligumia recta | |
Scientific classification 
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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 | |
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Liguma include:
- Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Ligumia nasuta: synonym of Sagittunio nasutus (Say, 1817)
- Ligumia subrostrata (Say, 1831): synonym of Sagittunio subrostratus (Say, 1831)
References
edit- ^ 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).
External links
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