Atlanticoncha

Atlanticoncha
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Tribe:	Lampsilini
Genus:	Atlanticoncha Smith, Pfeiffer & Johnson, 2020
Species:	A. ochracea
Binomial name
Atlanticoncha ochracea (Say, 1817)
Synonyms
Leptodea ochracea

Atlanticoncha ochracea, the tidewater mucket, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Formerly classified in the now-defunct genus Leptodea , it is now considered the only member of the monotypic genus Atlanticoncha. ^{[2] [3]}

This species is native to the east coast of the United States and Canada (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia). ^[1]

References

1. Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Leptodea ochracea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T11686A503405. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11686A503405.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. "MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Atlanticoncha ochracea specimens". mussel-project.uwsp.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
3. "Molluscabase - Atlanticoncha C. H. Smith, J. M. Pfeiffer & N. A. Johnson, 2020". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-09-15.