Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Notched Rainbow
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,085 meters (0 to 16,683 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:
Villosa
()
- Frierson, 1927
- Specific name:
constricta
- (Conrad, 1838)
- Scientific name: - Villosa constricta (Conrad, 1838)
- Specific name:
constricta
- (Conrad, 1838)
- Genus:
Villosa
(
- 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
.
Last scrutiny: 26-Jul-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Villosa
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species and subspecies in this genus:
V. amygdala (Florida Rainbow) · V. arkansasensis (Ouachita Creekshell) · V. choctawensis (Choctaw Bean) · V. constricta (Notched Rainbow) · V. delumbis (Eastern Creekshell) · V. fabalis (Rayed Bean) · V. iris (Rainbow) · V. lienosa (Little Spectacle Case) · V. nebulosa (Alabama Rainbow) · V. ortmanni (Kentucky Creekshell) · V. perpurpurea (Purple Bean) · V. taeniata (Painted Creekshell) · V. trabalis (Cumberland Bean) · V. vanuxemensis (Mountain Creekshell) · V. vanuxemensis umbrans (Coosa Creekshell) · V. vanuxemensis vanuxemensis (Mountain Creekshell) · V. vaughaniana (Carolina Creekshell) · V. vibex (Southern Rainbow) · V. villosa (Downy Rainbow)
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Further Reading
- Annual report - Western Society of Malacologists. Pomona, Calif., Western Society of Malacologists. url p. 8.
- Occasional papers on mollusks. 5 1997 Cambridge, Mass.: Dept. of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1945- url p. 375.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 101.
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 2 providers.
- NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.
- 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
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2692736
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-80206
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 80206
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMBIV47040
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 17766
Footnotes
- Mean = 1,638.620 meters (5,376.050 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,846.520 based on 13 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
