Lined pocketbook
Species of bivalve
Lined pocketbook | |
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Conservation status | |
Extinct (IUCN 2.3)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Lampsilis |
Species: | †L. binominata |
Binomial name | |
†Lampsilis binominata Simpson, 1900 |
The lined pocketbook (Lampsilis binominata) was a species of freshwater river mussel, an aquatic bivalve in the family Unionidae the river mussels. This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.
A study done by the University of Georgia Museum of Natural Science showed that Lined Pocketbook filtered water through their gills, leading to the digestion of trapped food particles.[2]
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