Sagittunio nasutus

Sagittunio nasutus, the eastern pondmussel, is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.[2]

Sagittunio nasutus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Subfamily: Ambleminae
Tribe: Lampsilini
Genus: Sagittunio
Species:
S. nasutus
Binomial name
Sagittunio nasutus
(Say, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Lampsilis (Eurynia) nasuta (Say, 1817)
  • Lampsilis (Eurynia) nasutus (Say, 1817)
  • Lampsilis (Ligumia) nasuta (Say, 1817)
  • Lampsilis nasuta (Say, 1817)
  • Ligumia nasuta (Say, 1817)
  • Margarita (Unio) nasutus (Say, 1817)
  • Margaron (Unio) nasutus (Say, 1817)
  • Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) attenuata Rafinesque, 1820 (synonym)
  • Unio nasutus Say, 1817 (original combination)

This species is native to the eastern United States and Ontario, Canada.[1] Only two populations are known from Canada.[3] Like many Unionoid mussels, female eastern pondmussels display a lure to attract their fish hosts (see video, right).

References
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  1. Bogan, A.E. & Woolnough, D. 2017. Ligumia nasuta. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T11967A69491281. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T11967A69491281.en. Downloaded on 11 January 2019.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sagittunio nasutus (Say, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056434 on 2021-05-08
  3. "Error".
  • Say, T. (1817). Conchology. - In: Nicholson, W.: American edition of the British Encyclopedia, or, dictionary of arts and sciences comprising an accurate and popular view of the present improved state of human knowledge. First Edition, A-3 - C-6 [= 1-20], pl. [1-4]. page(s): [unpaginated], pl. 4 fig. 1
  • Watters, G.T. (2018). A preliminary review of the nominal genus Villosa of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae) in North America. Visaya. Suppl. 10: 3-139.


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