Cyclonaias pustulosa
Cyclonaias pustulosa,[2] the pimpleback,[1] is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is native to North America, where it is widespread[1][3] and common.[1] It has possibly been extirpated from New York, however, and populations in Pennsylvania are critically imperiled, according to NatureServe.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Cyclonaias |
| Species: | C. pustulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyclonaias pustulosa (I. Lea, 1831) | |
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The species was formerly classified within the genus Quadrula, and in 2012 it was moved to Rotundaria based on genetic evidence.[4]
A view of valves of Rotundaria pustulosa
References
- NatureServe (3 March 2023). "Cyclonaias pustulosa". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- MolluscaBase eds. (2023). "Cyclonaias pustulosa (I. Lea, 1831)". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 7 March 2023 – via World Register of Marine Species.
- Graf, D.L.; Cummings, K.S. "The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)". MUSSEL Project Web Site. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- Campbell, David C.; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "The Genera of Pleurobemini (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". American Malacological Bulletin. 30 (1): 19–38. doi:10.4003/006.030.0102. S2CID 84056130.
- Williams, J. D.; Bogan, A. E.; Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 908 pp.
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