Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Atlantic Pigtoe
Description
Habitat
Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 2,030 meters (6,659 feet).[1]
Biome: Freshwater [2].
Taxonomy
- 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
()
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 147.
- Occasional papers on mollusks. 4 1983 Cambridge, Mass.: Dept. of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1945- url p. 289, p. 290, descr. of plate 40, page 294, p. 297.
Notes
Contributors
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Fusconaia masoni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2692590
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-80049
- IUCN ID: 210248
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 705370
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 2,432.950 based on 11 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Fusconaia masoni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
