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Rotundaria tuberculata

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Rotundaria tuberculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Rotundaria
Species:
R. tuberculata
Binomial name
Rotundaria tuberculata
(Rafinesque, 1820)
Synonyms

Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Rotundaria tuberculata, commonly called the purple wartyback, is a freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk.

This species is native to eastern North America, generally in the Mississippi River drainage, where it is wide-ranging. It is still common in many areas, particularly in the southern part of its range,[2] but is being negatively impacted by water pollution and channelization. In the Mississippi River drainage, it is threatened by overgrowth of invasive zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)[1] and, in Canada, by predation on juvenile mussels and possibly unsuccessful development of larval glochidia on the invasive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus).[2][3]

It was formerly classified as the sole species in the genus Cyclonaias, but in 2012 it was moved to Rotundaria based on genetic evidence.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Woolnough, D. & Bogan, A.E. (2017). "Cyclonaias tuberculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T6018A62905357. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T6018A62905357.en. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b NatureServe (31 May 2024). "Cyclonaias tuberculata". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  3. ^ COSEWIC (2021). COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Purple Wartyback Cyclonaias tuberculata in Canada (Report). Ottawa: Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  4. ^ Campbell, David; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "The Genera of Pleurobemini (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". American Malacological Bulletin. 30 (1): 19–38. doi:10.4003/006.030.0102.