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Atlanticoncha ochracea

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Atlanticoncha ochracea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Lampsilini
Genus: Atlanticoncha
Smith, Pfeiffer & Johnson, 2020
Species:
A. ochracea
Binomial name
Atlanticoncha ochracea
(Say, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Leptodea ochracea

Atlanticoncha ochracea, the tidewater mucket, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Formerly classified in the now-defunct genus Leptodea, it is now considered the only member of the monotypic genus Atlanticoncha.[2][3]

This species is native to the east coast of the United States and Canada (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Leptodea ochracea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T11686A503405. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11686A503405.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ "MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Atlanticoncha ochracea specimens". mussel-project.uwsp.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  3. ^ "Molluscabase - Atlanticoncha C. H. Smith, J. M. Pfeiffer & N. A. Johnson, 2020". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-09-15.