Long solid mussel

Long solid mussel
Fusconaia subrotunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Fusconaia
Species: F. subrotunda
Binomial name
Fusconaia subrotunda
(Lea, 1831)

The long solid mussel, also known as the long solid naiad, scientific name Fusconaia subrotunda, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae.

This mussel, sometimes called a pigtoe, is found in river gravel. Young mussels are light brown, but darken to nearly black with age.

This species is found in Canada and the United States.

Subspecies

References

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

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