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Fusconaia apalachicola

(Apalachicola Ebonyshell)

Overview

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Extinct in the Wild

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Apalachicola Ebonyshell

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: Unionida ()
        Superfamily: Unionacea ()
        Family: Unionidae () - Rafinesque, 1820
        Genus: Fusconaia () - Simpson, 1900
        Specific name: apalachicola
        Scientific name: - Fusconaia apalachicola

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Fusconaia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species and subspecies in this genus:

F. apalachicola (Apalachicola Ebonyshell) · F. askewi (Texas Pigtoe) · F. barnesiana (Tennessee Pigtoe) · F. cerina (Southern Pigtoe) · F. cor (Shiny Pigtoe) · F. cuneolus (Finerayed Pigtoe) · F. ebena (Ebonyshell) · F. edgariana (Shiny Pigtoe) · F. escambia (Narrow Pigtoe) · F. escambia escambia (Narrow Pigtoe) · F. flava (Wabash Pigtoe) · F. lananensis (Triangle Pigtoe) · F. masoni (Atlantic Pigtoe) · F. mitchelli (False Spike) · F. ozarkensis (Ozark Pigtoe) · F. rotulata (Round Ebonyshell) · F. subrotunda (Longsolid) · F. subrotunda subrotunda (Longsolid) · F. succissa (Purple Pigtoe)

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Further Reading

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Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
David Nicolson - ITIS Data Development Coordinator: Turgeon et al. (1998) list this species as "possibly extinct"
Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 526. ISBN: 1-888569-01-8.
Wells, S.M., Pyle, R.M. and Collins, N.M. (compilers) 1983. The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.

Identifiers

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17894444
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMBIV17160
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 175489

Last Revised: 7/16/2012