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Obovaria subrotunda

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Obovaria subrotunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Obovaria
Species:
O. subrotunda
Binomial name
Obovaria subrotunda
(Rafinesque, 1820)
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Lampsilis orbiculata (Hildreth, 1828)
  • Obovaria subrotunda subsp. lens (Lea, 1831)
  • Obliquaria subrotunda Rafinesque, 1820
  • Unio zonalis Rafinesque, 1820
  • Unio levigata Rafinesque, 1820
  • Obovaria striata Rafinesque, 1820
  • Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828
  • Unio rotundus Wood, 1828
  • Unio circulus Lea, 1829
  • Unio lens Lea, 1831
  • Unio leibii Lea, 1862
  • Unio depygis Conrad, 1866
  • Obovaria striata subsp. tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820
  • Obovaria striata subsp. rosea Rafinesque, 1820
  • Obovaria lens subsp. parva Simpson, 1914
  • Obovaria lens subsp. elongata Simpson, 1914
  • Obovaria subrotunda subsp. globula Morrison, 1942

Obovaria subrotunda, commonly called the round hickorynut, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Distribution and conservation status

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This species is native to eastern North America.

The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being endangered in Canada.[3]

It was listed as a federally threatened species of the United States under the Endangered Species Act in 2023.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Woolnough, D.; Bogan, A.E. (2017). "Obovaria subrotunda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T15024A62905473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T15024A62905473.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. ^ COSEWIC. 2005. Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 13.
  4. ^ "Round hickorynut (Obovaria subrotunda)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  5. ^ 88 FR 14794
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