Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -32 meters (-105 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
()
- Order:
Veneroida
()
- H. & A. Adams, 1856
- Superfamily:
Dreissenacea
()
- Gray, in Turton, 1840
- Family:
Dreissenidae
()
- Gray, 1840
- Genus:
Congeria
()
- Specific name:
leucophaeata
- Conrad
- Scientific name: - Congeria leucophaeata Conrad
- Specific name:
leucophaeata
- Conrad
- Genus:
Congeria
(
- Family:
Dreissenidae
(
- Superfamily:
Dreissenacea
(
- Order:
Veneroida
(
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Congeria
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Further Reading
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- American seashells. With illus. by Frederick M. Bayer. New York, Van Nostrand[1954] url p. 382.
- Bulletins of American paleontology. 45 1964 Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 206, p. 207.
- Fishery bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. url p. 472.
- Fresh-water biology, by Henry Baldwin Ward. .. and George Chandler Whipple. .. with the collaboration of a staff of specialists. New York: Wiley, 1944, c1918. url p. 1018.
- Texas conchologist. [Houston, Houston Conchology Society], 1964- url p. 35.
- Tulane studies in zoology. 10 1963 New Orleans: Tulane University, 1953-1968. url , .
Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 11, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 11, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5723106
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16154435
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2166576
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 64.090 based on 3 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
