''Lasmigona'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

freshwater mussel Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater mollusc, along with freshwater snails. They are bivalves that live in fresh water as opposed to salt water, which is the main habitat type for bivalves. The majority of species of bivalve molluscs ...

s, aquatic

bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

s in the family

Unionidae The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids. The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is at its most dive ...

Species within the genus ''Lasmigona''

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Lasmigona alabamensis ''Lasmigona alabamensis'', common name Alabama heelsplitter, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae. Confusingly, a different species, ''Potamilus inflatus'', has also sometimes been listed as "Ala ...

'' (Alabama heelsplitter) * ''

Lasmigona complanata ''Lasmigona'' is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or si ...

'' (white heelsplitter): Found in the Midwest United States in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. * ''

Lasmigona compressa ''Lasmigona compressa'', the creek heelsplitter, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve in the family Unionidae. This species is found in the northern region of North America. It is native to the Canadian interior basin, and the ...

'' (creek heelsplitter) * ''

Lasmigona costata ''Lasmigona costata'', the flutedshell, is a species of freshwater mussel. It is an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs some ...

'' (flutedshell) * ''

Lasmigona decorata The Carolina heelsplitter (''Lasmigona decorata'') is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae. It is named the "Carolina heelsplitter" because in life the sharp edge of the valves protrudes from the s ...

'' (Carolina heelsplitter) * ''

Lasmigona etowaensis ''Lasmigona'' is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae. Species within the genus ''Lasmigona'' * '' Lasmigona alabamensis'' (Alabama heelsplitter) * ''Lasmigona complanata ''Lasmigona'' is a genus o ...

'' (Etowah heelsplitter) * ''

Lasmigona holstonia ''Lasmigona holstonia'', the Tennessee heelsplitter, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae. This species is endemic to the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), comm ...

'' (Tennessee heelsplitter) * ''

Lasmigona subviridis The green floater (''Lasmigona subviridis'') is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is endemic to the United States. It is found in West Virginia, Delaware, Maryla ...

'' (green floater)

References

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