Rotundaria tuberculata
| Rotundaria tuberculata | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Rotundaria |
| Species: | R. tuberculata
|
| Binomial name | |
| Rotundaria tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)
| |
| Synonyms | |
|
Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820) | |
Rotundaria tuberculata, commonly called the purple wartyback, is a freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk.
This species is native to eastern North America, generally in the Mississippi River drainage, where it is wide-ranging. It is still common in many areas, particularly in the southern part of its range,[2] but is being negatively impacted by water pollution and channelization. In the Mississippi River drainage, it is threatened by overgrowth of invasive zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)[1] and, in Canada, by predation on juvenile mussels and possibly unsuccessful development of larval glochidia on the invasive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus).[2][3]
It was formerly classified as the sole species in the genus Cyclonaias, but in 2012 it was moved to Rotundaria based on genetic evidence.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Woolnough, D. & Bogan, A.E. (2017). "Cyclonaias tuberculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T6018A62905357. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T6018A62905357.en. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ a b NatureServe (31 May 2024). "Cyclonaias tuberculata". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ COSEWIC (2021). COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Purple Wartyback Cyclonaias tuberculata in Canada (Report). Ottawa: Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ 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.
| Authority control databases: National |
|---|
 | This Unionidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |