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Lampmussels
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Lampmussels

Lampsilis

Lampsilis is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. There are over 100 species in the genus.

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25 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lampsilis radiata

complexLampsilis radiata

Plain Pocketbook

speciesLampsilis cardium

Yellow Sandshell

speciesLampsilis teres

Wavyrayed Lampmussel

speciesLampsilis fasciola

Southern Pocketbook

speciesLampsilis ornata

Yellow Lampmussel

speciesLampsilis cariosa

Pocketbook

speciesLampsilis ovata

Rough Fatmucket

speciesLampsilis straminea

Louisiana fatmucket

speciesLampsilis hydiana

Higgins' Eye Pearly Mussel

speciesLampsilis higginsii

Alabama Lamp Naiad

speciesLampsilis virescens

Florida Sandshell

speciesLampsilis floridensis

Texas Fatmucket

speciesLampsilis bracteata

Arkansas brokenray

speciesLampsilis reeveiana

Canary Kingshell

speciesLampsilis sietmani

Sandbank Pocketbook

speciesLampsilis satura

Pink Mucket

speciesLampsilis abrupta

Northern brokenray

speciesLampsilis brittsi

Neosho Mucket

speciesLampsilis rafinesqueana

Guadalupe Fatmucket

speciesLampsilis bergmanni

Rayed Pink Fatmucket

speciesLampsilis splendida

Arkansas Fatmucket

speciesLampsilis powellii

Altamaha Pocketbook

speciesLampsilis dolabraeformis

Speckled Pocketbook

speciesLampsilis streckeri

Lined Pocketbook

speciesLampsilis binominata

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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 89337.