''Ligumia'' is a
genus
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of
freshwater mussels,
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
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the family
Unionidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ligumia Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571698 on 2021-05-08]
Species
Species within the genus ''Liguma'' include:
* ''
Ligumia recta
''Ligumia recta'' is a species of freshwater mussel, an Aquatic animal, aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of ...
''
(Lamarck, 1819)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Ligumia nasuta'': synonym of ''
Sagittunio nasutus
''Sagittunio nasutus'', the eastern pondmussel, is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sagittunio nasutus (Say, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
''
(Say, 1817)
* ''Ligumia subrostrata''
(Say, 1831): synonym of ''
Sagittunio subrostratus
''Sagittunio subrostratus'', commonly referred to as the pondmussel or black pondmussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is endemic to the United States
T ...
''
(Say, 1831)
References
* Williams, J. D.; Bogan, A. E.; Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 908 pp
* InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).
External links
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp
Bivalve genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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