| Rotundaria aurea | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Rotundaria |
| Species: | R. aurea |
| Binomial name | |
| Rotundaria aurea I. Lea, 1859 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Quadrula aurea (I. Lea, 1859) | |
Rotundaria aurea, the golden orb, is a species of freshwater mussel. It is native to the United States, where it is found only in Texas.
This species was moved from Quadrula to Rotundaria based on genetic evidence in 2012.
References
- NatureServe
- "ITIS Standard Report Page: Quadrula aurea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Texas Fatmucket, Golden Orb, Smooth Pimpleback, Texas Pimpleback, and Texas Fawnsfoot as Threatened or Endangered". Office of the Federal Register.
- 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.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Quadrula aurea | |
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