Lasmigona

Lasmigona is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae.

Lasmigona
Lasmigona decorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Lasmigona
Rafinesque, 1831

Species within the genus Lasmigona

  • Lasmigona alabamensis (Alabama heelsplitter)
  • Lasmigona complanata (white heelsplitter): Found in the Midwest United States in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan.[1]
  • Lasmigona compressa (creek heelsplitter)
  • Lasmigona costata (flutedshell)
  • Lasmigona decorata (Carolina heelsplitter)
  • Lasmigona etowaensis (Etowah heelsplitter)
  • Lasmigona holstonia (Tennessee heelsplitter)
  • Lasmigona subviridis (green floater)

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-06-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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