Brook Floater

Alasmidonta varicosa

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae

The brook floater or swollen wedgemussel, Alasmidonta varicosa, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It measures 25. 1 mm to 80.

Distribution

Brook Floater — (c) Evan M. Raskin, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Evan M. Raskin · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 30United States of America · 10

Sources and credits

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