Quadrula rumphiana

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Quadrula rumphiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Quadrula
Species:
Q. rumphiana
Binomial name
Quadrula rumphiana
(I. Lea, 1852)

Quadrula rumphiana, the ridged mapleleaf, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States.

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References

  1. Cordeiro, J.; Cummings, K. (2012). "Quadrula rumphiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T19050A1954071. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T19050A1954071.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.