Quadrula tuberosa

Quadrula tuberosa

Presumed Extinct  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Quadrula
Species: Q. tuberosa
Binomial name
Quadrula tuberosa
I. Lea, 1840

Quadrula tuberosa, common name the rough rockshell, is a species of freshwater mussel. It is an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It has sometimes been treated as an ecotype of Quadrula metanevra.

This species was endemic to the Cumberland River watershed in the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. It is believed to be either extinct or critically endangered due to habitat destruction and pollution.

See also

References

  1. "Quadrula tuberosa". NatureServe. Retrieved 2012-10-06.

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