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Atlanticoncha ochracea

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(Redirected from Leptodea ochracea) Species of bivalve
Atlanticoncha ochracea
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Lampsilini
Genus: Atlanticoncha
Smith, Pfeiffer & Johnson, 2020
Species: A. ochracea
Binomial name
Atlanticoncha ochracea
(Say, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Leptodea ochracea

Atlanticoncha ochracea, the tidewater mucket, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Formerly classified in the now-defunct genus Leptodea, it is now considered the only member of the monotypic genus Atlanticoncha.

This species is native to the east coast of the United States and Canada (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia).

References

  1. ^ Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Leptodea ochracea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T11686A503405. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11686A503405.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Atlanticoncha ochracea specimens". mussel-project.uwsp.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  3. "Molluscabase - Atlanticoncha C. H. Smith, J. M. Pfeiffer & N. A. Johnson, 2020". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
Taxon identifiers
Leptodea ochracea


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