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  4. ›Autobranchia
  5. ›Heteroconchia
  6. ›Freshwater Mussels and Brooch Clams
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  8. ›Unionoidea
  9. ›River Mussels
  10. ›Unioninae
  11. ›Anodontini
  12. ›Alasmidonta
Brook Floater
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Brook Floater

Alasmidonta varicosa

The brook floater (also known as swollen wedgmussel), Alasmidonta varicosa, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It measures 25.1 mm to 80.2 mm in length although other research also suggests it rarely exceeds three inches (75 mm).

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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 93598.