Lampsilis bracteata

Lampsilis bracteata

Texas fatmucket

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Lampsilis bracteata

Lampsilis bracteata, also known as the Texas fatmucket, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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This species is endemic to the United States. Historically the Texas fatmucket had populations in at least 18 rivers in the upper Colorado, Guadalupe, and San Antonio River systems in central Texas.

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1. Lampsilis bracteata Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampsilis_bracteata
2. Lampsilis bracteata on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11252/3265770

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