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Rotundaria pustulosa

Rotundaria pustulosa
Quadrula pustulosa.jpg

Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Rotundaria
Species: R. pustulosa
Binomial name
Rotundaria pustulosa
(Lea, I., 1831)
Synonyms
  • Amphinaias pustulosa (Lea, I., 1831)
  • Quadrula pustulosa

Rotundaria pustulosa is a species of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is native to North America, where it is a widespread and common.

It was formerly classified under Quadrula, but in 2012 it was moved to Rotundaria based on genetic evidence.



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