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Ligumia
Sign in to saveLigumia is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae.
Species
Black Sandshell
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderUnionida
- FamilyUnionidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations1,470
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- With media
- 23
- Family
- Unionidae
- Collections
- OSUM, CMN, AUM, USNM, UF
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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Ligumia is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae.
==Species== Species within the genus Liguma include: Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) Species brought into synonymy: Ligumia nasuta: synonym of Sagittunio nasutus (Say, 1817) Ligumia subrostrata (Say, 1831): synonym of Sagittunio subrostratus (Say, 1831)
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