| Glebula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Tribe: | Lampsilini |
| Genus: | Glebula Conrad, 1853 |
| Species: | G. rotundata |
| Binomial name | |
| Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819) | |
Glebula rotundata, the round pearlshell, is a freshwater mussel, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae. The only species in the genus Glebula, it is unusual among unionoid mussels in that it can tolerate brackish water.
It is found on the drainages of the Gulf Coast, as well as in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
References
- "Glebula rotundata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- Haag, Wendell R. (2012). North American Freshwater Mussels: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521199384.
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| Glebula | |
| Glebula rotundata | |
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