Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Eastern Lampmussel
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 649 meters (0 to 2,129 feet).[1]
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
()
- Order:
Unionida
()
- Superfamily:
Unionacea
()
- Family:
Unionidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1820
- Subfamily:
Lampsilinae
()
- Genus:
Lampsilis
()
- Rafinesque, 1820
- Specific name:
radiata radiata
- (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subspecies:
radiata
- Scientific name: - Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subspecies:
radiata
- Specific name:
radiata radiata
- (Gmelin, 1791)
- Genus:
Lampsilis
(
- Subfamily:
Lampsilinae
(
- Family:
Unionidae
(
- Superfamily:
Unionacea
(
- Order:
Unionida
(
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 26-Jul-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lampsilis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 45 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. abrupta (Pink Mucket) · L. altilis (Fine-Lined Pocketbook) · L. australis (Southern Sandshell) · L. binominata (Lined Pocketbook) · L. bracteata (Texas Fatmucket) · L. cardium (Plain Pocketbook) · L. cariosa (Yellow Lampmussel) · L. dolabraeformis (Altamaha Pocketbook) · L. fasciola (Wavyrayed Lampmussel) · L. fasciola fasciola (Wavy-Rayed Lampmussel) · L. fullerkati (Waccamaw Fatmucket) · L. haddletoni (Haddleton Lampmussel) · L. higginsii (Higgins' Eye Pearly Mussel) · L. hydiana (Louisiana Fatmucket) · L. orbiculata (Pink Mucket Pearly Mussel) · L. ornata (Southern Pocketbook) · L. ovata (Pocketbook) · L. perovalis (Orange-Nacre Mucket) · L. powellii (Arkansas Fatmucket) · L. radiata (Eastern Lampmussel) · L. radiata conspicua (Carolina Fatmucket) · L. radiata radiata (Eastern Lampmussel) · L. rafinesqueana (Neosho Mucket) · L. rafinesqueana rafinesqueana (Neosho Mucket) · L. reeveiana (Arkansas Broken-Ray) · L. reeveiana brevicula (Arkansas Broken-Ray) · L. reeveiana brittsi (Northern Brokenray) · L. reeveiana reeveiana (Arkansas Broken-Ray) · L. reeveiana reeviana (Arkansas Broken-Ray) · L. reeviana (Arkansas Brokenray) · L. reeviana brevicula (Ozark Brokenray) · L. reeviana brittsi (Northern Brokenray) · L. reeviana reeviana (Arkansas Brokenray) · L. satura (Sandbank Pocketbook) · L. siliquoidea (Fatmucket) · L. splendida (Rayed Pink Fatmucket) · L. straminea (Rough Fatmucket) · L. straminea claibornensis (Southern Fatmucket) · L. straminea straminea (Rough Fatmucket) · L. streckeri (Speckled Pocketbook) · L. subangulata (Shiny-Rayed Pocketbook) · L. teres (Yellow Sandshell) · L. teres anodontoides (Yellow Sandshell) · L. teres teres (Slough Sandshell) · L. virescens (Alabama Lamp Mussel)
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Further Reading
- Occasional papers on mollusks. 4 1984 Cambridge, Mass.: Dept. of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1945- url p. 307, p. 308, p. 375.
- Publications in zoology = Publications en zoologie. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1970-1982. url p. 23.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 329, p. 428, p. 432, p. 438.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 106, p. 107, p. 115, p. 116, p. 122, p. 54, p. 65, p. 67.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2692541
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-79995
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13898324
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 79995
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMBIV21163
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 175479
Footnotes
- Mean = 143.670 meters (471.358 feet), Standard Deviation = 127.210 based on 175 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
