Alasmidonta wrightiana

Alasmidonta wrightiana, the Ochlockonee arcmussel, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Alasmidonta wrightiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Alasmidonta
Species:
A. wrightiana
Binomial name
Alasmidonta wrightiana
(Walker, 1901)
Location of the Ochlockonee River

This species was endemic to the Ochlockonee River in Florida and Georgia. This river mussel is now extinct.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. (2000). "Alasmidonta wrightiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000. Retrieved 2014-06-19.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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