''Utterbackia'' is a
genus
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of
freshwater mussel
Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater mollusc, along with freshwater snails. They are bivalves that live in fresh water as opposed to salt water, which is the main habitat type for bivalves.
The majority of species of bivalve molluscs ...
s,
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
The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids.
The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is at its most diverse ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Utterbackia'' include:
* ''
Utterbackia imbecillis''
* ''
Utterbackia peggyae''
* ''
Utterbackia peninsularis''
References
* Haag, W. R. (2012). ''North American Freshwater Mussels: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation''. Cambridge University Press.
* Vidrine, M. (1993). ''The historical distributions of fresh-water mussels in Louisiana''. Gail O. Vidrine Collectibles.
Bivalve genera
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