Rotundaria asperata, the Alabama orb, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk.
Alabama orb | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Rotundaria |
Species: | R. asperata
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Binomial name | |
Rotundaria asperata (I. Lea, 1861)
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Synonyms | |
Quadrula asperata (I. Lea, 1861) |
It is native to the United States, where it is endemic to the Mobile River drainage where it is found in medium-size rivers and creeks.
This species was moved from Quadrula to Rotundaria based on genetic evidence in 2012.[2]
References
edit- ^ NatureServe Quadrula asperata
- ^ Campbell, David; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "The Genera of Pleurobemini (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". American Malacological Bulletin. 30 (1): 19–38. doi:10.4003/006.030.0102. S2CID 84056130.