Lampsilis is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. There are over 100 species in the genus.
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| Lampsilis radiata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Tribe: | Lampsilini |
| Genus: | Lampsilis Rafinesque, 1820 |
Some species, notably Lampsilis ovata (pocketbook mussel) use aggressive mimicry to lure large predatory fish by using their mantle as a lure, ejecting larvae into the mouth of the fish when they strike. The larvae attach to the gills, using the fish's blood as food for several weeks.[1][2]
Species edit
- Lampsilis abrupta (pink mucket)
- Lampsilis binominata (lined pocketbook)
- Lampsilis bracteata
- Lampsilis cardium
- Lampsilis cariosa (yellow lampmussel)
- Lampsilis dolabraeformis
- Lampsilis fasciola (wavy-rayed lampmussel)
- Lampsilis floridensis (Florida sandshell)
- Lampsilis fullerkati (Waccamaw fatmucket, now considered synonymous with L. radiata[3])
- Lampsilis higginsii (Higgins' eye pearly mussel)
- Lampsilis ornata
- Lampsilis ovata (pocketbook mussel)
- Lampsilis powellii (Arkansas fatmucket)
- Lampsilis radiata (Eastern lampmussel)
- Lampsilis rafinesqueana (Neosho mucket)
- Lampsilis reeveiana
- Lampsilis satura
- Lampsilis sietmani (Canary kingshell)
- Lampsilis siliquoidea (fatmucket clam)
- Lampsilis splendida
- Lampsilis straminea (rough fatmucket)
- Lampsilis streckeri (speckled pocketbook)
- Lampsilis teres (yellow sandshell)
- Lampsilis virescens (Alabama lamp naiad)
Gallery edit
References edit
- ^ Haag, Wendell R.; Warren, Melvin L. Jr. (1999). "Mantle displays of freshwater mussels elicit attacks from fish". Freshwater Biology. 42: 35–40. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00454.x. S2CID 50529814.
- ^ Zanatta, David T.; Murphy, Robert W. (2006). "Evolution of active host-attraction strategies in the freshwater mussel tribe Lampsilini (Bivalvia: Unionidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41 (1): 195–208. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.030. ISSN 1055-7903.
- ^ "Molluscabase - Lampsilis fullerkati R. I. Johnson, 1984". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- Lampsilis at Biolib
- Lampsilis at the Catalogue of Life
External links edit
- Mussel Uses Fake Fish As Lure - Video of lampsilis perovalis luring a fish.
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