Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Unionida > Unionidae > Cyclonaias > Cyclonaias pustulosa

Cyclonaias pustulosa (Pimpleback)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The golden orb, scientific name Quadrula aurea, 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.
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Attributes

Water Biome [1]  Rivers and Streams
Diet [1]  Planktivore, Detritivore

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Aspidogaster conchicola[2]

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Citations

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♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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