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Lampsilis bracteata (Texas fatmucket)

Synonyms: Ligumia bracteata; Margaron bracteatus; Unio bracteatus

Wikipedia Abstract

Lampsilis bracteata (also known as the Texas fatmucket) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is endemic to the United States. Historically the Texas fatmucket had populations in at least 18 rivers in the upper Colorado, Guadalupe, and San Antonio River systems in central Texas.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0