Brook floater

Taxobox
name = Brook floater


status = DD | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Alasmidonta"
species = "A. varicosa"
binomial = "Alasmidonta varicosa"
binomial_authority = (Lamarck, 1819)
synonyms = Alismodonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819)

The brook floater, "Alasmidonta varicosa", is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae.

Distribution

This species is found in Canada and the United States.

Habitat

This mussel lives in high relief streams, under boulders and in sand.

urvival threats

The Brook Floater is sensitive to sedimentation, flow alteration, and low oxygen conditions.

References

* Bogan, A.E 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/781/all Alasmidonta varicosa] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 06 August 2007.