Kingdom Animalia Order Unionoida Genus Lampsilis Higher classification Lampsilis | Phylum Mollusca Family Unionidae Scientific name Lampsilis cariosa Rank Species | |
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Similar Lampsilis, Lampsilis fasciola, Pink mucket, Brook floater, Unionidae | ||
The yellow lampmussel, scientific name Lampsilis cariosa, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Its natural habitat is rivers.
Distribution and conservation status
This species is found in Canada and the United States.
It lives in New Brunswick and in Nova Scotia in Canada, 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.
References
Yellow lampmussel Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA