Sagittunio subrostratus, commonly referred to as the pondmussel or black pondmussel,[1] is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.[2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Subfamily: | Ambleminae |
| Tribe: | Lampsilini |
| Genus: | Sagittunio |
| Species: | S. subrostratus
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| Binomial name | |
| Sagittunio subrostratus (Say, 1831)
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This species is endemic to the United States.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c NatureServe, Ligumia subrostrata
- ^ Haag, W. R. (2012). North American Freshwater Mussels: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Sagittunio subrostratus (Say, 1831)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ Watters, G. Thomas (2018). A preliminary review of the nominal genus Villosa of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae) in North America. Visaya Supplements. Vol. 10. ConchBooks. ISBN 9783939767862.
External links
edit- Lea I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 5: 23–119, pls 1–19
- Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fresh water and marine shells. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (2) 1(4): 275–280, plates 37–39
- Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of seven new species of uniones from South Carolina, Florida, Alabama and Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 11: 154–155
- Lea, I. (1868). Description of sixteen new species of the genus Unio of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 20: 143-145
- Simpson, C. T. (1914). A descriptive catalogue of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. Part I Unionidae, Truncilla - Margaritana. Bryant Walker, Detroit, Michigan. Pp. 1–524
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