Rabbitsfoot

Rabbitsfoot
Museum specimen

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Theliderma
Species:
T. cylindrica
Binomial name
Theliderma cylindrica
(Say, 1817)
Synonyms
List
  • Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817)
  • Quadrula cylindrica subsp. cylindrica (Say, 1817)
  • Quadrula cylindrica subsp. strigillata (B.H. Wright, 1898)
  • Unio cylindricus Say, 1817
  • Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819
  • Unio solenoides Rafinesque, 1820
  • Unio solenoides subsp. nodosa Rafinesque, 1820
  • Unio solenoides subsp. interrupta Rafinesque, 1820
  • Unio cylindricus subsp. strigillatus B.H. Wright, 1898
  • Unio cilindricus subsp. propetipicus de Gregorio, 1914
  • Unio cilindricus subsp. acrispatus de Gregorio, 1914

The rabbitsfoot (Theliderma cylindrica) is a species of freshwater mussel. It is an aquatic bivalve mollusk, in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is native to the United States, where it is widespread in the drainages of the Ohio River and the Great Lakes. It has disappeared from over half its historic range.

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