Obovaria subrotunda

Obovaria subrotunda
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Obovaria
Species:	O. subrotunda
Binomial name
Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820)
Synonyms [2]
List Lampsilis orbiculata(Hildreth, 1828) Obovaria subrotunda subsp. lens(Lea, 1831) Obliquaria subrotundaRafinesque, 1820 Unio zonalisRafinesque, 1820 Unio levigataRafinesque, 1820 Obovaria striataRafinesque, 1820 Unio orbiculatusHildreth, 1828 Unio rotundusWood, 1828 Unio circulusLea, 1829 Unio lensLea, 1831 Unio leibiiLea, 1862 Unio depygisConrad, 1866 Obovaria striata subsp. tuberculataRafinesque, 1820 Obovaria striata subsp. roseaRafinesque, 1820 Obovaria lens subsp. parvaSimpson, 1914 Obovaria lens subsp. elongataSimpson, 1914 Obovaria subrotunda subsp. globulaMorrison, 1942

Obovaria subrotunda, commonly called the round hickorynut, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Distribution and conservation status

This species is native to eastern North America.

The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being endangered in Canada. ^[3]

It was listed federally as a threatened species of the United States under the Endangered Species Act in 2023. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Woolnough, D.; Bogan, A.E. (2017). "Obovaria subrotunda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T15024A62905473. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T15024A62905473.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2 December 2023.
3. COSEWIC. 2005. Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 13.
4. "Round hickorynut (Obovaria subrotunda)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
5. 88 FR 14794

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