Rotundaria asperata, the Alabama orb, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk.

Alabama orb

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Rotundaria
Species:
R. asperata
Binomial name
Rotundaria asperata
(I. Lea, 1861)
Synonyms

Quadrula asperata (I. Lea, 1861)

It is native to the United States, where it is endemic to the Mobile River drainage where it is found in medium-size rivers and creeks.

This species was moved from Quadrula to Rotundaria based on genetic evidence in 2012.[2]

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe Quadrula asperata
  2. ^ Campbell, David; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "The Genera of Pleurobemini (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". American Malacological Bulletin. 30 (1): 19–38. doi:10.4003/006.030.0102. S2CID 84056130.