Overview
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Lampsilis is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae,the river mussels.
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- pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta)
- lined pocketbook (Lampsilis binominata)
- Lampsilis bracteata
- Lampsilis cardium
- yellow lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa)
- Lampsilis dolabraeformis
- Wavy-rayed Lampmussel (Lampsilis fasciola)
- Florida Sandshell (Lampsilis floridensis)
- Waccamaw fatmucket (Lampsilis fullerkati)
- Lampsilis haddletoni
- Higgins' eye pearly mussel (Lampsilis higginsii)
- Lampsilis ornata
- Lampsilis ovata
- Arkansas fatmucket (Lampsilis powellii)
- Eastern lampmussel (Lampsilis radiata)
- Neosho mucket (Lampsilis rafinesqueana)
- Lampsilis satura
- Fatmucket Clam (Lampsilis siliquoidea))
- Lampsilis splendida
- Rough fatmucket (Lampsilis straminea)
- speckled pocketbook (Lampsilis streckeri)
- Yellow shandshell (Lampsilis teres)
- Alabama lamp naiad (Lampsilis virescens)
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- pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta)
- lined pocketbook (Lampsilis binominata)
- Lampsilis bracteata
- Lampsilis cardium
- yellow lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa)
- Lampsilis dolabraeformis
- Wavy-rayed Lampmussel (Lampsilis fasciola)
- Florida Sandshell (Lampsilis floridensis)
- Waccamaw fatmucket (Lampsilis fullerkati)
- Lampsilis haddletoni
- Higgins' eye pearly mussel (Lampsilis higginsii)
- Lampsilis ornata
- Lamps ilis ovata
- Arkansas fatmucket (Lampsilis powellii)
- Eastern lampmussel (Lampsilis radiata)
- Neosho mucket (Lampsilis rafinesqueana)
- Lampsilis satura
- Fatmucket Clam (Lampsilis siliquoidea))
- Lampsilis splendida
- Rough fatmucket (Lampsilis straminea)
- speckled pocketbook (Lampsilis streckeri)
- Yellow shandshell (Lampsilis teres)
- Alabama lamp naiad (Lampsilis virescens)
References
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External links
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- Mussel Uses Fake Fish As Lure - Video of lampsilis perovalis luring a fish.
Taxonomy
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The Genus Lampsilis is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 111 species and subspecies in the Genus Lampsilis: L. abrupta (Pink Mucket) · L. alatus · L. altilis (Fine-Lined Pocketbook) · L. amigdalum · L. amphichaenus · L. anodontoides · L. anodontoides floridensis · L. australis (Southern Sandshell) · L. biangulatus · L. binominata (Lined Pocketbook) · L. bracteata (Texas Fatmucket) · L. braeteatus · L. brevicula · L. cardium (Plain Pocketbook) · L. cariosa (Yellow Lampmussel) · L. cariosus · L. claibornensis · L. claibornensis suwana · L. clarkianus · L. discus · L. dispar · L. dolabraeformis (Altamaha Pocketbook) · L. ellipsiformis · L. evatus · L. excavatus · L. falalciosus · L. fallaciosa · L. fallaciosus · L. fallascosus · L. fasciala · L. fasciola (Wavy-Rayed Lampmussel) · L. fasciola fasciola (Wavy-Rayed Lampmussel) · L. floridensis · L. follaciosus · L. fullerkati (Waccamaw Fatmucket) · L. glans · L. gracilis · L. haddletoni (Haddleton Lampmussel) · L. higginsi · L. higginsii (Higgins' Eye Pearly Mussel) · L. hydeana · L. hydiana (Louisiana Fatmucket) · L. hydrianus · L. iris · L. jonesi · L. lianosus · L. ligamentinus · L. ligamentosus · L. luteolus · L. metallicus · L. obtusa · L. occidentalis · L. ochracea · L. orbiculata (Pink Mucket Pearly Mussel) · L. ornata (Sharp-Ridged Pocketbook) · L. ovata (Pocketbook) · L. ovata ventricosa · L. ovatus · L. perovalis (Orange-Nacre Mucket) · L. perpasta · L. pleasii · L. powelli · L. powellii (Arkansas Fatmucket) · L. proevostianus · L. purpuratus · L. ra · L. radiata (Eastern Lampmussel) · L. radiata champlainensis · L. radiata conspicua (Carolina Fatmucket) · L. radiata luteola · L. radiata radiata (Eastern Lampmussel) · L. radiata siliquoidea · L. rafinesqueana (Neosho Pearly Mussel) · L. rafinesqueana rafinesqueana (Neosho Mucket) · L. rectus · L. reeveiana (Arkansas Broken-Ray) · L. reeveiana brevicula (Arkansas Broken-Ray) · L. reeveiana brittsi (Northern Broken-Ray) · 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. satur · L. satura (Sandbank Pocketbook) · L. signatus · L. siliquiodea · L. siliquoidea (Fatmucket) · L. siliquoidea rosacea · L. splendida (Rayed Pink Fatmucket) · L. straminea (Rough Fatmucket) · L. straminea claibornensis (Southern Fatmucket) · L. straminea straminea (Rough Fatmucket) · L. strebeli · L. streckeri (Speckled Pocketbook) · L. subangulata (Shiny-Rayed Pocketbook) · L. subevatus · L. suwana · L. tampicoensis · L. teres (Yellow Sandshell) · L. teres anodontoides (Yellow Sandshell) · L. teres teres (Slough Sandshell) · L. texasensis · L. undivega · L. vanuxeniensis · L. ventricosa · L. ventricosa cohongoronta · L. ventricosus · L. virescens (Alabama Lamp Pearly Mussel) · L. vreviculus
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