Texas fawnsfoot

Truncilla macrodon

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae

Lampsilis bracteata, the Texas fatmucket, is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is endemic to the tributaries of the Colorado River within the Edwards Plateau region in Texas, the United States. Populations from the upper Guadalupe River basin are now assigned to a distinct species, Lampsilis bergmanni.

Distribution

Texas fawnsfoot — (c) Melissa Mullins, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 26

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Melissa Mullins, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionLampsilis bracteata, Wikipedia contributors

Texas fawnsfoot

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