Hamiota perovalis | |
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Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Hamiota |
Species: | H. perovalis
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Binomial name | |
Hamiota perovalis (
Conrad, 1834)
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Synonyms | |
Lampsilis perovalis (Conrad, 1834) |
Hamiota perovalis, the orangenacre mucket or orange-nacre mucket, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is endemic to Alabama and Mississippi in the United States.
This mussel is 5 to 9 centimeters long. It is yellow to reddish brown in color, and has a pink or white nacre. [2]
This bivalve has an appendage that resembles a fish, which it uses to lure host fish for its parasitic larva ( glochidia). [3]