Kingdom Animalia Genus Gonidea Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Family Unionidae Scientific name Gonidea angulata Higher classification Gonidea Order Unionoida | |
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Similar Western pearlshell, Unionoida, Amblema, Ellipsaria lineolata, Lasmigona | ||
Gonidea angulata, Rocky Mountain Ridged mussel or Western Ridged Mussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
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Description
Shell is 125 mm long, 65 mm high, 40 mm wide.
Distribution and conservation status
This species is found in Canada and in the western United States.
In Canada, it lives in British Columbia, where the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has listed it as a species of special concern. The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being a species of special concern in Canada in 2003, and as endangered in 2010.
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