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Birdwing pearlymussel, the Glossary

The birdwing pearlymussel (Lemiox rimosus) is a rare species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.^[1]

18 relations: Alabama, Aquatic animal, Bivalvia, Clinch River, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Duck River (Tennessee), Endangered species, Freshwater bivalve, Glochidium, Greenside darter, Local extinction, Metamorphosis, Powell River (Tennessee River tributary), Species, Tennessee, Theliderma intermedia, Unionidae, Virginia.
Bivalves described in 1831
Lemiox
Natural history of Tennessee
Natural history of Virginia

Alabama

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Aquatic animal

An aquatic animal is any animal, whether vertebrate or invertebrate, that lives in water for all or most of its lifetime.

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Bivalvia, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts.

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Clinch River

The Clinch River is a river that flows southwest for more than through the Great Appalachian Valley in the U.S. states of Virginia and Tennessee, gathering various tributaries, including the Powell River, before joining the Tennessee River in Kingston, Tennessee.

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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (22 October 178318 September 1840) was a French early 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France.

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Duck River (Tennessee)

The Duck River, long,U.S. Geological Survey.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction.

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Freshwater bivalve

Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater mollusc, along with freshwater snails.

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Glochidium

The glochidium (plural glochidia) is a microscopic larval stage of some freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the families Unionidae and Margaritiferidae, the river mussels and European freshwater pearl mussels.

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Greenside darter

The greenside darter (Etheostoma blennioides) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. Birdwing pearlymussel and greenside darter are taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque.

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Local extinction

Local extinction, also extirpation, is the termination of a species (or other taxon) in a chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere.

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Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth transformation or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation.

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Powell River (Tennessee River tributary)

The Powell River is a 195-mile-long river in the United States that rises in Southwest Virginia and flows southwest into East Tennessee.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Tennessee

Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Theliderma intermedia, the Cumberland monkeyface pearly mussel or Cumberland monkeyface, is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Birdwing pearlymussel and Theliderma intermedia are ESA endangered species, Natural history of Tennessee, Natural history of Virginia and Unionidae stubs.

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Unionidae

The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdwing_pearlymussel

Also known as Conradilla caelata, Lemiox, Lemiox rimosus.