Waccamaw fatmucket

Waccamaw fatmucket
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Lampsilis
Species: L. fullerkati
Binomial name
Lampsilis fullerkati
R.I. Johnson, 1984

The Waccamaw fatmucket, scientific name Lampsilis fullerkati, 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.

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