Golden orb

For the golden orb-web spider, see Golden silk orb-weaver.
Golden orb
Quadrula aurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Quadrula
Species: Q. aurea
Binomial name
Quadrula aurea
I. Lea, 1859

The golden orb, scientific name Quadrula aurea, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.[1]

This species is endemic to the United States.[2]

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