Reginaia
Appearance
Reginaia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Tribe: | Amblemini |
Genus: | Reginaia Campbell & Lydeard, 2012 |
Reginaia is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks that is native to North America. [1]
This genus was separated from Fusconaia in 2012 based on genetic evidence.[2]
Species
Species within this genus include:[3] [4]
- Reginaia apalachicola - Apalachicola ebonyshell
- Reginaia ebena - Ebonyshell
- Reginaia rotulata - Round ebonyshell
References
- ^ http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/fmuotwaolcb/validsp_119.htm
- ^ Campbell, David; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "Molecular Systematics of Fusconaia (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". American Malacological Bulletin. 30 (1): 1–17.
- ^ World Register of Marine Species
- ^ http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/fmuotwaolcb/validgen_1571.html