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Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791) 
AphiaID: 160342

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Palaeoheterodonta (Subclass) > Unionoida (Order) > Unionoidea (Superfamily) > Unionidae (Family) > Lampsilis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lampsilis Rafinesque, 1820
Sources  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

basis of record: Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English eastern lampmussel  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Nova Scotia [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: geographic range not obtained; has been recorded in the Bay of Fundy [details]

Reproduction: separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
Images 
Lampsilis radiata
Lampsilis radiata
added on 2011-09-03 - author: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History ()
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Lampsilis radiata
Lampsilis radiata
added on 2011-09-03 - author: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160342
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-31 07:42:56Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2011-04-28 09:53:26Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160342 on 2013-06-18
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