Obovaria subrotunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Obovaria
Species:
O. subrotunda
Binomial name
Obovaria subrotunda
(Rafinesque, 1820)
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Lampsilis orbiculata (Hildreth, 1828)
  • Obovaria subrotunda subsp. lens (Lea, 1831)
  • Obliquaria subrotunda Rafinesque, 1820
  • Unio zonalis Rafinesque, 1820
  • Unio levigata Rafinesque, 1820
  • Obovaria striata Rafinesque, 1820
  • Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828
  • Unio rotundus Wood, 1828
  • Unio circulus Lea, 1829
  • Unio lens Lea, 1831
  • Unio leibii Lea, 1862
  • Unio depygis Conrad, 1866
  • Obovaria striata subsp. tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820
  • Obovaria striata subsp. rosea Rafinesque, 1820
  • Obovaria lens subsp. parva Simpson, 1914
  • Obovaria lens subsp. elongata Simpson, 1914
  • Obovaria subrotunda subsp. globula Morrison, 1942

Obovaria subrotunda, commonly called the round hickorynut, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Distribution and conservation status

This species is native to eastern North America.

The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being endangered in Canada.[3]

It was listed as a federally threatened species of the United States under the Endangered Species Act in 2023.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Woolnough, D.; Bogan, A.E. (2017). "Obovaria subrotunda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T15024A62905473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T15024A62905473.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. ↑ COSEWIC. 2005. Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 13.
  4. ↑ "Round hickorynut (Obovaria subrotunda)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  5. ↑ 88 FR 14794


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