- Source: Ligumia recta
Ligumia recta is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is found in eastern North America. It is native to the drainages of the Mississippi River, the drainages of the Great Lakes, and some Gulf Coast drainages.
The black sandshell can be up to 10 inches (25 cm) long, and is elongate and quadrate in shape. The shell is usually heavy, fairly thick, somewhat inflated and cylindrical.
References
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
nvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).
External links
Lamarck [J.-B. M. de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome 6(1): vi + 343 pp. Paris: published by the author.]
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ligumia recta
- Ligumia
- IUCN Red List near threatened species (Animalia)
- List of threatened fauna of Michigan
- List of non-marine molluscs of Montana
- List of endangered and threatened animals and plants of Illinois
- List of least concern molluscs
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species (Animalia)
