Lampsilis bracteata

Lampsilis bracteata, also known as the Texas fatmucket,[2] is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Lampsilis bracteata
Two Texas fatmuckets
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Lampsilis
Species:
L. bracteata
Binomial name
Lampsilis bracteata
Gould, 1855

This species is endemic to the United States. Historically the Texas fatmucket had populations in at least 18 rivers in the upper Colorado, Guadalupe, and San Antonio River systems in central Texas.[3]

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