Quadrula

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Name (Latin)
Quadrula
See Also From tracing topical name
Unionidae
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q3013603
Library of congress: sh 88021242
Sources of Information
  • Syn. liv. org.:v. 1, p. 1125 (Quadrula family Amblemidae)
  • Vaught, K.C. A classification of the living Mollusca, 1989:p. 122 (Quadrula Subfamily Ambleminae, family Unionidae)
  • Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the U.S. and Canada. Mollusks, 1988:p. 32 (Quadrula, family Unionidae)
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Wikipedia description:

Quadrula is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae native to rivers of the American Midwest and mid-south. All have thick nacreous shells with well-developed hinge teeth, many also with external shell sculpturing of nodules or lumps.

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