Rotundaria aurea

Rotundaria aurea
Conservation status
	; Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Rotundaria
Species:	R. aurea
Binomial name
	Rotundaria aurea; I. Lea, 1859
Synonyms
	Quadrula aurea (I. Lea, 1859)

Rotundaria aurea, the golden orb, is a species of freshwater mussel.[2] It is native to the United States, where it is found only in Texas.[3]

This species was moved from Quadrula to Rotundaria based on genetic evidence in 2012.[4]

References

NatureServe
"ITIS Standard Report Page: Quadrula aurea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Texas Fatmucket, Golden Orb, Smooth Pimpleback, Texas Pimpleback, and Texas Fawnsfoot as Threatened or Endangered". Office of the Federal Register.
Campbell, David; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "The Genera of Pleurobemini (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". American Malacological Bulletin. 30 (1): 19–38.

External links

federalregister.gov: Texas-fatmucket/Golden orb — Quadrula aurea

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[NatureServe-1] NatureServe

[2] "ITIS Standard Report Page: Quadrula aurea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2008-07-17.

[3] U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Texas Fatmucket, Golden Orb, Smooth Pimpleback, Texas Pimpleback, and Texas Fawnsfoot as Threatened or Endangered". Office of the Federal Register.

[4] Campbell, David; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "The Genera of Pleurobemini (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". American Malacological Bulletin. 30 (1): 19–38.