Obovaria subrotunda

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

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

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. Woolnough, D. & Bogan, A.E. (2017). "Obovaria subrotunda". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T15024A62905473. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. COSEWIC. 2005. Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 13.


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