Lampsilis virescens

Lampsilis virescens, the Alabama lamp naiad, Alabama lamp pearly mussel or Alabama lampmussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Lampsilis virescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Lampsilis
Species:
L. virescens
Binomial name
Lampsilis virescens
(Lea, 1858)

This species is endemic to the United States. This river mussel is currently limited to the Paint Rock River drainage in northeastern Alabama.

This mussel grows up to 6 centimeters long and is straw-colored or greenish and smooth and shiny.[2]

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Lampsilis virescens". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T11245A3265438. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11245A3265438.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. Lampsilis virescens. The NatureServe Explorer.
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