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Quadrula fragosa (winged mapleleaf; winged mapleleaf mussel)

Synonyms: Margarita fragosus; Margaron fragosus; Quadrula quadrula fragosa; Unio fragosus; Unio fragrosus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Winged Mapleleaf, also known as False Mapleleaf, or Hickory Nut Shell, and with the scientific name Quadrula fragosa, is a species of freshwater mussel. It is an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It is endemic to the United States. Quadrula fragosa is only located in a few parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Arkansas, and Missouri — in the Midwestern United States. It is a federal critically endangered river mussel species.
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Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Quadrula fragosa

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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