The sculptured pigtoe (Rotundaria infucata) is a species of freshwater mussel native to the United States. It is endemic to the Apalachicola and Ochlockonee River systems in the states of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
Sculptured pigtoe | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Rotundaria |
Species: | R. infucata
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Binomial name | |
Rotundaria infucata (Conrad, 1834)
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Synonyms | |
Quadrula infucata (Conrad, 1834) |
It was formerly classified under Quadrula, but in 2012 it was moved to Rotundaria based on genetic evidence.[2] It was also formerly included in the now-obsolete genus Quincuncina, and in Fusconaia based on shell morphology.
References
edit- ^ NatureServe
- ^ 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.