Lampsilis teres, the yellow sandshell or slough sandshell, is a freshwater mussel native to the United States and Mexico.[1][2][3] Although it is considered a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List, it is extirpated from (locally extinct) and endangered in parts of its range.[1][3]
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| Lampsilis teres |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Bivalvia |
| Order: |
Unionida |
| Family: |
Unionidae |
| Genus: |
Lampsilis |
| Species: |
L. teres |
| Binomial name |
Lampsilis teres
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| Synonyms |
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- Lampsilis (Simpsonunio) anodontoides (I.Lea, 1831)
- Lampsilis anodontoides (I.Lea, 1834)
- Lampsilis anodontoides subsp. fallaciosa (H.M.Smith, 1899)
- Lampsilis fallaciosa (H.M.Smith, 1899)
- Lampsilis fallaciosus H.M.Smith, 1899
- Lampsilis teres subsp. anodontoides (I.Lea, 1831)
- Lampsilis (Ligumia) teres subsp. fallaciosa (H.M.Smith, 1899)
- Lampsilis teres subsp. teres (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Ligumia teres (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Margarita (Unio) anodontoides (I.Lea, 1831)
- Margaron (Unio) anodontoides (I.Lea, 1831)
- Unio anodontoides I.Lea, 1831
- Unio (Eurynia) teres Rafinesque, 1820
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