Cyclonaias tuberculata
| Cyclonaias tuberculata | |
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| Cyclonaias tuberculata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Tribe: | Quadrulini |
| Genus: | Cyclonaias |
| Species: | C. tuberculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyclonaias tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820 | |
Cyclonaias tuberculata, the sole species in the genus Cyclonaias, is a freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is native to eastern North America, generally in the Mississippi River drainage.
Sources
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Cyclonaias tuberculata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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