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Alabama orb

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Rotundaria
Species:
R. asperata
Binomial name
Rotundaria asperata
(I. Lea, 1861)
Synonyms

Quadrula asperata (I. Lea, 1861)

Rotundaria asperata, the Alabama orb, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk.

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

  1. ^ NatureServe Quadrula asperata
  2. ^ Campbell, David; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "The Genera of Pleurobemini (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". American Malacological Bulletin. 30 (1): 19–38.
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