Lampsilis ovata

Lampsilis ovata
Lampsilis ovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Lampsilis
Species: L. ovata
Binomial name
Lampsilis ovata
Say, 1817

Lampsilis ovata is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to eastern North America.

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