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Southern mapleleaf

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Southern mapleleaf
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Quadrula
Species:
Q. apiculata
Binomial name
Quadrula apiculata
(Say, 1829)

The southern mapleleaf (Quadrula apiculata) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

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  • Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al. 1988. [1]. Downloaded on 9 March 2008.