Ligumia recta

Ligumia recta
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Ligumia
Species:	L. recta
Binomial name
Ligumia recta Lamarck, 1819
Synonyms
Lampsilis (Eurynia) recta(Lamarck, 1819) Lampsilis (Eurynia) recta sageri(Conrad, 1836) Lampsilis (Eurynia) rectus(Lamarck, 1819) Lampsilis (Ligumia) recta(Lamarck, 1819) Lampsilis (Ligumia) recta latissima(Rafinesque, 1820) Lampsilis recta(Lamarck, 1819) Lampsilis recta recta(Lamarck, 1819) Ligumia latissima(Rafinesque, 1820) Ligumia recta latissima(Rafinesque, 1820) Margarita (Unio) rectus(Lamarck, 1819) Margaron (Unio) rectus(Lamarck, 1819) Ptychobranchus fasciolare arquatum(Conrad, 1854) Unio (Eurynia) latissimaRafinesque, 1820 Unio angustatus cuniculusde Gregorio, 1914 Unio arquatusConrad, 1854 Unio leprosusMiles, 1861 Unio praelongusBarnes, 1823 Unio rectaLamarck, 1819 Unio rectus(Lamarck, 1819) Unio sageriConrad, 1836

Ligumia recta, or the black sandshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. ^[2]

This species is found in eastern North America. It is native to the drainages of the Mississippi River, the drainages of the Great Lakes, and some Gulf Coast drainages.

The black sandshell can be up to 10 inches (25 cm) long, and is elongate and quadrate in shape. The shell is usually heavy, fairly thick, somewhat inflated and cylindrical. ^[3]

References

1. Bogan, A.E.; Cummings, K.; Woolnough, D. (2017). "Ligumia recta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T11968A69491303. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T11968A69491303.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857339 on 2021-05-08
3. Mulcrone, Renee Sherman. "Ligumia recta". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2019-06-12.

• Williams, J. D.; Bogan, A. E.; Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 908 pp
• nvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).

External links

• Lamarck [J.-B. M. de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome 6(1): vi + 343 pp. Paris: published by the author.]