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

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.

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]

References

  1. โ†‘ Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Lampsilis bracteata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T11252A3265770. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11252A3265770.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. โ†‘ Summary of mussel species on earip.org
  3. โ†‘ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Texas Fatmucket, Golden Orb, Smooth Pimpleback, Texas Pimpleback, and Texas Fawnsfoot as Threatened or Endangered". Office of the Federal Register.


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