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Amblema
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Amblema

Amblema is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Three-ridge Mussel

speciesAmblema plicata

Coosa Fiveridge

speciesAmblema elliottii

Fat Threeridge

speciesAmblema neislerii

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86377.