Obovaria subrotunda

Obovaria subrotunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Obovaria
Species: O. subrotunda
Binomial name
Obovaria subrotunda
Rafinesque, 1820

Obovaria subrotunda, common name the Round Hickorynut, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Distribution and conservation status

This species is native to eastern North America.

The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being endangered in Canada.[2]

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. 1996. Obovaria subrotunda. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. COSEWIC. 2005. Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 13.


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