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Lampsilis cariosa

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA MOLLUSCA BIVALVIA UNIONOIDA UNIONIDAE

Scientific Name: Lampsilis cariosa
Species Authority: (Say, 1817)
Common Name/s:
English – Yellow Lampmussel
Taxonomic Notes: Synonyms = Unio cariosa Say, 1817; Unio crocatus Lea, 1841.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered A1c ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Bogan, A.E.
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Contributor/s:
History:
1994 – Indeterminate (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia); United States (Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia)
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater
Citation: Bogan, A.E. 1996. Lampsilis cariosa. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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