Round ebonyshell

Round ebonyshell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Fusconaia
Species: F. rotulata
Binomial name
Fusconaia rotulata
(Wright, 1899)
Synonyms

Obovaria rotulata

The round ebonyshell, scientific name Fusconaia rotulata, 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. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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