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Mussel of the Month

The 2010 Mussels of the Month.

December 2010

Truncilla truncataTruncilla truncata (Unionidae, Nearctic)

The December 2010 Mussel of the Month is Truncilla truncata. Truncilla is a genus of four species occurring in North America from the Great Lakes south to Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

November 2010

Megalonaias nervosaMegalonaias nervosa (Unionidae, Nearctic)

The November 2010 Mussel of the Month is Megalonaias nervosa. Megalonaias is a widespread genus of two species that occurs from the Interior Basin of North American south to Nicaragua.

October 2010

Rectidens lingulatusRectidens lingulatus (Unionidae, Indotropical)

The October 2010 Mussel of the Month is Rectidens lingulatus. Recidens is a genus of two species endemic to the Sunda Islands of Indonesia.

September 2010

Hemistena lataHemistena lata (Unionidae, Nearctic)

The September 2010 Mussel of the Month is Hemistena lata. Hemistena is a monotypic genus endemic to the Ohio Basin in North America.

August 2010

Anodontites crispataAnodontites crispata (Mycetopodidae, Neotropical)

The August 2010 Mussel of the Month is Anodontites crispata. Anodontites is a diverse genus of 21 species, widespread in Meso- and South America.

July 2010

Coelatura lobensisCoelatura lobensis (Unionidae, Afrotropical)

The July 2010 Mussel of the Month is Coelatura lobensis. Coelatura is a diverse genus of 22 species widely distributed in Africa from the Nile Delta south to the Zambezi and a little beyond.

June 2010

Arcidopsis footeiArcidopsis footei (Unionidae, Indotropical)

The June 2010 Mussel of the Month is Arcidopsis footei. Arcidopsis is a monotypic genus endemic to the West Ghats of India.

May 2010

Obliquaria reflexaObliquaria reflexa (Unionidae, Nearctic)

The May 2010 Mussel of the Month is Obliquaria reflexa. Obliquaria is a monotypic genus from eastern North America.

April 2010

Bartlettia stefanensisBartlettia stefanensis (Etheriidae?, Neotropical)

The April 2010 Mussel of the Month is Bartlettia stefanensis. Bartlettia is a monotypic genus widespread in both the Amazon and Parana basins of South America.

March 2010

Rhombuniopsis tauriformisRhombuniopsis tauriformis (Unionidae, Indotropical)

The March 2010 Mussel of the Month is Rhombuniopsis tauriformis. Rhombuniopsis is a genus of three species from southern China.

February 2010

Pseudobaphia biesianaPseudobaphia biesiana (Unionidae, Indotropical)

The February 2010 Mussel of the Month is Pseudobaphia biesiana. Pseudobaphia is a genus of two species known only from China (and that is about the extent of our knowledge).

January 2010

Actinonaias ligamentinaActinonaias ligamentina (Unionidae, Nearctic)

The January 2010 Mussel of the Month is Actinonaias ligamentina. As the taxonomy currently stands, Actinonaias is a New World genus of nine species — mostly from Mexico.

 

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