Fine-lined pocketbook

Fine-lined pocketbook
Lampsilis Altilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Lampsilini
Genus: Hamiota
Species: H. altilis
Binomial name
Hamiota altilis
Conrad, 1834

The fine-lined pocketbook, scientific name Hamiota altilis, 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.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. 1996. Hamiota altilis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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