Lampsilis cariosa, the yellow lampmussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
| Lampsilis cariosa | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Lampsilis |
| Species: | L. cariosa
|
| Binomial name | |
| Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817)
| |
Distribution and conservation status
editThis species is found in Canada and the United States.
It lives in New Brunswick and in Nova Scotia in Canada, where the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has listed it as a species of special concern. The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being a species of special concern in Canada.[2]
References
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lampsilis cariosa.
- ^ Bogan, A.E.; Woolnough, D. (2017). "Lampsilis cariosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T11254A69490464. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T11254A69490464.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ COSEWIC. 2005. Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 27.
 | This Unionidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |