Shiny pigtoe | |
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Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Fusconaia |
Species: | F. cor
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Binomial name | |
Fusconaia cor (
Conrad, 1834)
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Synonyms [4] | |
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The shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia cor) is a species of bivalve in the family Unionidae. It is endemic to the United States.
The shiny pigtoe has been eliminated from most of its historic range. [1] Populations currently exist in the North Fork of the Holston River, Clinch, Powell and Paint Rock river systems. [5] The shiny pigtoe is tachytichtic, spawning between late May and early June. [5] Known glochidial hosts include the common ( Luxilus cornutus), warpaint ( Luxilus coccogenis), telescope ( Notropis telescopus) and whitetail ( Cyprinella galactura) shiners. [5]
This species appears to be most closely related to Fusconaia cuneolus. [6]