''Lampsilis bracteata'', also known as the Texas fatmucket, is a
species of
freshwater mussel, an
aquatic bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
mollusk in the family
Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is
endemic to the
United States. Historically the Texas fatmucket had populations in at least 18 rivers in the upper
Colorado,
Guadalupe, and
San Antonio River systems in central Texas.
References
External links
federalregister.gov
Molluscs of the United States
bracteata
Bivalves described in 1855
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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