Rabbitsfoot

For the amulet, see Rabbit's foot.
Rabbitsfoot
Quadrula cylindrica
Quadrula cylindrica

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Quadrula
Species: Q. cylindrica
Binomial name
Quadrula cylindrica
Say, 1817

The Rabbitsfoot, scientific name Quadrula cylindrica, is a species of freshwater mussel. It is an aquatic bivalve mollusk, in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States.

Subspecies

Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica
Quadrula cylindrica strigillata

Subspecies in this species include:[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Quadrula+cylindrica+
  2. ↑ http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=80067 accessed 6 November 2008


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