- Target:
- Georgia Waterways
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- www.mariettadealhunter.com
Water flows, droughts and chemical runoffs from pesticide use are all thought to be contributors to the decline of this invertebrate.
Scientific Name: Elliptio spinosa
Species Authority: (Lea, 1836)
Common Name/s:
English – Altamaha Spinymussel, Georgia Spinymussel, Georgia Spiny Mussel
Taxonomic Notes: A list of synonyms for this species can be found on The MUSSEL project web site (Graf and Cummings 2011).
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Elliptio
Species: E. spinosa
Binomial name
Elliptio spinosa
I. Lea, 1836
Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater molluscs, along with freshwater snails. They are bivalves which live in freshwater, as opposed to saltwater, the main habitat type for bivalves.
The majority of species of bivalve molluscs live in the sea, but in addition, a number of different families live in freshwater (and in some cases also in brackish water). These families belong to two different evolutionary lineages (freshwater mussels and freshwater clams), and the two groups are not closely related.
Freshwater bivalves live in many types of habitat, ranging from small ditches and ponds, to lakes, canals, and rivers.
We petition for the grant of study of this particular invertebrate's habitat and causes of its decline.
Save the Georgia Altamaha Spiny Mussel.
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The Save The Georgia Altamaha Spiny Mussel petition to Georgia Waterways was written by Marietta Deal Hunter and is in the category Environment at GoPetition.