Lampsilis cariosa

Lampsilis cariosa

Yellow lampmussel

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SPECIES
Lampsilis cariosa
Length
130
5
mminch
mm inch 

Lampsilis cariosa, the yellow lampmussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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Its natural habitat is rivers.

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Distribution

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This species is found in Canada and the United States.

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It lives in New Brunswick and in Nova Scotia in Canada, where the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has listed it as a species of special concern. The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being a species of special concern in Canada.

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MATING BEHAVIOR

References

1. Lampsilis cariosa Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampsilis_cariosa
2. Lampsilis cariosa on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11254/69490464

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