Lampsilis

Lampsilis
Lampsilis radiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Tribe:	Lampsilini
Genus:	Lampsilis Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. There are over 100 species in the genus.

Aggressive mimicry

Aggressive mimicry in L. fasciola

Some species, notably Lampsilis ovata (pocketbook mussel) use aggressive mimicry to lure large predatory fish by using their mantle as a lure, ejecting larvae into the mouth of the fish when they strike. The larvae attach to the gills, using the fish's blood as food for several weeks. ^{[1] [2]}

 

    

Species

• Lampsilis abrupta (pink mucket)
• † Lampsilis binominata (lined pocketbook)
• Lampsilis bracteata
• Lampsilis cardium
• Lampsilis cariosa (yellow lampmussel)
• Lampsilis dolabraeformis
• Lampsilis fasciola (wavy-rayed lampmussel)
• Lampsilis floridensis (Florida sandshell)
• Lampsilis fullerkati (Waccamaw fatmucket, now considered synonymous with L. radiata ^[3] )
• Lampsilis higginsii (Higgins' eye pearly mussel)
• Lampsilis ornata
• Lampsilis ovata (pocketbook mussel)
• Lampsilis powellii (Arkansas fatmucket)
• Lampsilis radiata (Eastern lampmussel)
• Lampsilis rafinesqueana (Neosho mucket)
• Lampsilis reeveiana
• Lampsilis satura
• Lampsilis sietmani (Canary kingshell)
• Lampsilis siliquoidea (fatmucket clam)
• Lampsilis splendida
• Lampsilis straminea (rough fatmucket)
• Lampsilis streckeri (speckled pocketbook)
• Lampsilis teres (yellow sandshell)
• Lampsilis virescens (Alabama lamp naiad)

Gallery

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  Lampsilis ovata
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  Lampsilis fasciola

References

1. Haag, Wendell R.; Warren, Melvin L. Jr. (1999). "Mantle displays of freshwater mussels elicit attacks from fish". Freshwater Biology. 42 (1): 35–40. Bibcode:1999FrBio..42...35H. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00454.x. S2CID   50529814.
2. Zanatta, David T.; Murphy, Robert W. (2006). "Evolution of active host-attraction strategies in the freshwater mussel tribe Lampsilini (Bivalvia: Unionidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41 (1): 195–208. Bibcode:2006MolPE..41..195Z. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.030. ISSN   1055-7903. PMID   16837217.
3. "Molluscabase - Lampsilis fullerkati R. I. Johnson, 1984". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-08-03.

• Lampsilis at Biolib
• Lampsilis at the Catalogue of Life

External links

• Mussel Uses Fake Fish As Lure - Video of lampsilis perovalis luring a fish.