Biology:Alabama lamp naiad
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| Species: | L. virescens
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| Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858)
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The Alabama lamp naiad, Alabama lamp pearly mussel or Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis virescens) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is endemic to the United States . This river mussel is currently limited to the Paint Rock River drainage in northeastern Alabama.
This mussel grows up to 6 centimeters long and is straw-colored or greenish and smooth and shiny.[1]
References
- ↑ Lampsilis virescens. The NatureServe Explorer.
External links
- Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Lampsilis virescens". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 1996: e.T11245A3265438. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11245A3265438.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11245/0. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q3013701 entry
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