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Fusconaia rotulata

(Round Ebonyshell)

Overview

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Critically Endangered

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Round Ebonyshell

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Bivalvia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Bivalves
        Subclass: Metabranchia ()
        Superorder: Eulamellibranchia ()
        Order: Unionida ()
        Superfamily: Unionacea ()
        Family: Unionidae () - Rafinesque, 1820
        Genus: Fusconaia ()
        Specific name: rotulata - (Wright, 1899)
        Scientific name: - Fusconaia rotulata (Wright, 1899)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Fusconaia

There are approximately 26 species in this genus:

F. apalachicola (Apalachicola Ebonyshell) · F. askewi (Texas Pigtoe) · F. barnesiana (Tennessee Pigtoe) · F. cerina (Southern Pigtoe) · F. collina · F. cor (Shiny Pigtoe) · F. cuneolus (Fine-Rayed Pigtoe Pearly Mussel) · F. ebena (Ebonyshell) · F. edgariana (Shiny Pigtoe) · F. escambia (Narrow Pigtoe) · F. escambia escambia (Narrow Pigtoe) · F. flava (Wabash Pigtoe) · F. lananensis (Triangle Pigtoe) · F. masoni (Atlantic Pigtoe) · F. ozarkensis (Ozark Pigtoe) · F. pilaris · F. rotulata (Round Ebonyshell) · F. subrotunda (Long Solid Mussel) · F. subrotunda kirklandiana · F. subrotunda lesueriana · F. subrotunda pilaris · F. subrotunda subrotunda (Long Solid Mussel) · F. succissa (Purple Pigtoe) · F. undata · F. undata chuni · F. undata trigona

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Further Reading

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Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 526. ISBN: 1-888569-01-8.

Notes

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Identifiers

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16245976
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMBIV31040
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 16802

Last Revised: 3/31/2009