Lasmigona
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Lasmigona decorata | |
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Genus: | Lasmigona
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Lasmigona is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae.
Species within the genus Lasmigona
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- Alabama heelsplitter (Lasmigona alabamensis)
- white heelsplitter (Lasmigona complanata): Found in the Midwest United States in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan.[1]
- creek heelsplitter (Lasmigona compressa)
- flutedshell (Lasmigona costata)
- Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata)
- Etowah heelsplitter (Lasmigona etowaensis)
- Tennessee heelsplitter (Lasmigona holstonia)
- green floater (Lasmigona subviridis)
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