Rotundaria succissa

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Rotundaria succissa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Rotundaria
Species:
R. succissa
Binomial name
Rotundaria succissa
(I. Lea, 1852)
Synonyms

Quadrula succissa(I. Lea, 1852)

Rotundaria succissa is a species of bivalve in the family Unionidae.

It is native to the United States, where it is endemic to the Apalachicolan Region of Alabama and Florida. Here, it is found in the Choctawhatchee, Escambia, and Yellow River systems. It is considered to be a somewhat "hardy" mussel in terms of tolerating poor water quality, and its populations appear to be stable. [2]

It was formerly classified under Quadrula , but in 2012 it was moved to Rotundaria based on genetic evidence. [3]

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References

  1. Bogan, A.E. 1996. Quadrula succissa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2016.
  2. Quadrula succissa NatureServe
  3. Campbell, David; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "The Genera of Pleurobemini (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". American Malacological Bulletin. 30 (1): 19–38. doi:10.4003/006.030.0102.