Biology:Fusconaia subrotunda

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Fusconaia subrotunda
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Fusconaia
Species:
F. subrotunda
Binomial name
Fusconaia subrotunda
(Lea, 1831)
Synonyms[4]

Fusconaia subrotunda, the longsolid,[2][3] long solid mussel or long solid naiad, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae.

This mussel, sometimes called a pigtoe, is found in river gravel. Young mussels are light brown, but darken to nearly black with age.

This species is found in Canada and the United States .

Subspecies

  • Fusconaia subrotunda kirklandiana
  • Fusconaia subrotunda lesueriana Lea
  • Fusconaia subrotunda pilaris Lea
  • Fusconaia subrotunda subrotunda

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3013291 entry