Lampsilis cariosa (Say 1817)

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Lampsilis cariosa, the yellow lampmussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Its natural habitat is rivers.

Distribution and conservation status

This species is found in Canada and the United States.

It lives in New Brunswick and in Nova Scotia in Canada, where the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has listed it as a species of special concern. The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being a species of special concern in Canada.^[2]

References

Lampsilis cariosa es una especie de molusco bivalvo de la familia Unionidae.

Distribución geográfica

Se encuentra en Canadá y en los Estados Unidos.

Referencias

• Bogan, A.E. 1996. Lampsilis cariosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Lampsilis cariosa is een tweekleppigensoort uit de familie van de Unionidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1817 door Say.

Lampsilis cariosa é uma espécie de bivalve da família Unionidae.

Pode ser encontrada nos seguintes países: Canadá e nos Estados Unidos da América.

Referências

• (em inglês) Bogan, A.E. 1996. Lampsilis cariosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Dados de 7 de Agosto de 2007.