Lasmigona
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Lasmigona is a genus
of freshwater mussels, aquatic
bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of freshwater mussels, aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae
Unionidae
Unionidae is a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionoida, the bivalve mollusks sometimes known as river mussels, naiads, or simply as unionids.The range of distribution for this family is world-wide...
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Species within the genus Lasmigona
- Alabama heelsplitterAlabama heelsplitterThe Inflated heelsplitter is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels....
(Lasmigona alabamensisLasmigona alabamensisLasmigona alabamensis, common name Alabama heelsplitter, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae....
) - white heelsplitter (Lasmigona complanata)
- creek heelsplitter (Lasmigona compressaLasmigona compressaLasmigona compressa is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve in the family Unionidae.This species is found in the northern region of North America. It is native to the Canadian interior basin, and the drainages of the St. Lawrence River and the Ohio River....
) - flutedshell (Lasmigona costataLasmigona costataLasmigona costata, common name Flutedshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae....
) - Carolina heelsplitterCarolina heelsplitterThe Carolina heelsplitter, scientific name Lasmigona decorata, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae....
(Lasmigona decorata) - Etowah Heelsplitter (Lasmigona etowaensis)
- Tennessee heelsplitterTennessee heelsplitterThe Tennessee heelsplitter, Lasmigona holstonia, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae.This species is endemic to the United States.-References:* Bogan, A.E. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
(Lasmigona holstonia) - green floaterGreen floaterThe green floater, Lasmigona subviridis, 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.-Source:...
(Lasmigona subviridis)