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Rotundaria tuberculata

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Rotundaria tuberculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Rotundaria
Species:
R. tuberculata
Binomial name
Rotundaria tuberculata
(Rafinesque, 1820)
Synonyms

Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Rotundaria tuberculata, commonly called the purple wartyback, is a freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk.

This species is native to eastern North America, generally in the Mississippi River drainage, where it is wide-ranging. It is still common in many areas, particularly in the southern part of its range.[2]

It was formerly classified as the sole species in the genus Cyclonaias, but in 2012 it was moved to Rotundaria based on genetic evidence.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bogan, A.E. 1996. Cyclonaias tuberculata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  2. ^ Cyclonaias tuberculata NatureServe
  3. ^ Campbell, David; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "The Genera of Pleurobemini (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". American Malacological Bulletin. 30 (1): 19–38.