Lampsilis orbiculata

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

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

• A descriptive catalogue of the Naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. Detroit, Mich., Bryant Walker, 1914. url p. 76, p. 77.
• A monograph of the Najades of Pennsylvania / by Arnold E. Ortmann. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, [1911-1919] url , p. 282, p. 310, p. 320, p. 347.
• A synopsis of the classification of the fresh-water Mollusca of North America, north of Mexico, and a catalogue of the more recently described species, with notes, by Bryant Walker. .. Ann Arbor, Mich., The University, 1918. url p. 182.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 183, p. 190, p. 353.
• Annotated CITES appendices and reservations 1988 IUCN url p. 22.
• Annual report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce for the fiscal year ended. .. Washington: G.P.O., 1914-1940. url p. 10, p. 37.
• Annual report of the Ohio State Academy of Science. Columbus: The Academy, 1893-1930. url p. 389.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 5, October 1990: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN url p. 175.
• Bulletin / Illinois Natural History Survey. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division, 1918-1985. url p. 338, p. 339, p. 385.
• Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington: G.P.O., 1901-1971. url p. 363.
• Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 19, p. 29, p. 85, p. 85.
• Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. Bloomington, Ill.: The Laboratory, 1876-1918. url p. 66.
• Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices JNCC url p. 17.
• Crustacea. Miscellaneous. [1894-1913] url p. 292, p. 293, p. 294.
• Field Museum of Natural History bulletin. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, [1930]-c1990. url p. 10.
• Fish and Wildlife Habitat Changes Resulting from Construction of a Nine-Foot Channel on Pools 24, 25, and 26 of the Mississippi River and the Lower Illinois River, Ft. BelvoirDefense Technical Information CenterAPR 1979. url p. 115.
• Fresh-water mussels and mussel industries of the United States. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1919. url p. 19.
• MAB Biosphere Reserves: Site Descriptions, post compilation 5 (October 1990) UNESCO MAB Programme url , .
• Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. 4 1906-1911 Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901-1936. url p. 296, p. 302, p. 320, p. 321, p. 347.
• Miscellaneous publications / University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology. Ann Arbor, Mich.: The University, 1916- url p. 182.
• Monograph of the naiades of Pennsylvania. .. By Arnold. E. Ortmann. Pittsburgh, Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1911-19. url p. 282, p. 302, p. 310, p. 320, p. 321, p. 347, p. 382, p. 384.
• Papers on Unionidae [by] Ortmann. Pittsburgh, etc., 1908-26 url p. 190, p. 353, p. 585, p. 604.
• Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. and special papers Washington: G.P.O., 1906-1914. url p. 49.
• The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 101, p. 101, p. 117, p. 117, p. 119, p. 154, p. 21, p. 32, p. 72, p. 73, p. 80, p. 80, p. 93, p. 95, p. 96.
• The mussel resources of the Illinois River. By Ernest Danglade. The mussel fishery of the Fox River. By John A. Eldridge. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1914. url p. 10.
• The mussels of the Cumberland River and its tributaries. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1914. url p. 29, p. 40, p. 49.
• Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. [St. Louis: Academy of Science of St. Louis], 1860-1958. url p. 253, p. 253, p. 253.
• Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 151, p. 166, p. 93, p. 94.
• World Checklist of Fish and Invertebrates Listed in the CITES Appendices Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 159, p. 19.

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 February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Mollusc Collection - Unionoida
• National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2692551
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-80005
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 80005
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 512065

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