Glebula

Glebula rotundata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Lampsilini
Genus: Glebula
Species: G.rotundata
Binomial name
Glebula rotundata
L.

Glebula rotunda, the round pearlshell, is a freshwater mussel, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae. It is in the monotypic genus Glebula.

It is found on the drainages of the Gulf Coast, as well as in Arkansas and Oklahoma.

References

    Haag, W. R. (2012). North American Freshwater Mussels: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521199384


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