Alasmidonta wrightiana

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Alasmidonta wrightiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Alasmidonta
Species:
A. wrightiana
Binomial name
Alasmidonta wrightiana
(Walker, 1901)
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Location of the Ochlockonee River

Alasmidonta wrightiana, the Ochlockonee arcmussel, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species was endemic to the Ochlockonee River in Florida and Georgia. This river mussel is now extinct.

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References

  1. Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Alasmidonta wrightiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000: e.T778A13078151. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T778A13078151.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.