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全名
Quadrula sparsa Lea, 1841
英文俗名
Appalachian Monkeyface, Appalachian Monkey Face,Appalachian Monkey-face Pearly Mussel.
外殼特徵
Shell irregularly subrhomboid, solid, subinflated,inequilateral; beaks high, rather full. Epidermis tawny,tawny-greenish or brown, often having faint, triangular,green markings, dull colored, pseudocardinals radial,marked with radial srriae, laterals short, that of the rightvalve double; beak cavities deep, compressed, nacre white,thin and iridescent behind.
地理分布
Holston and Clinch River, Tennessee, USA.
模式產地
Holston River, Tennessee, USA.
原始記錄
Unio sparsus Lea, Pr. Am. Phil. Soc., II, 1841,p.82; Tr. Am. Phil. Soc., VIII, 1842, p.242, pl. XXV, fig.58;Obs., III, 1842, p.80, pl. XXV, fig.58.-Chenu, Ill. Conch.,2858, pl. XXVI, figs.2, 2a, 2b.-Reeve, Conch. Icon., XVI.1864, pl. IV, fig.14.
同種異名
Unio sparsus Lea, 1841Margaron (Unio) sparsus Lea, 1852Quadrula tuberosa var. sparsa Simpson, 1900
備註
The species is listed as endangered species under Taiwan'sWildlife Conservation Law (WCL). This species was listedin the CITES Appendix I on 1st July 1975. It was alsonamed as Orthonymus metanevrus tuberosus.Photo-specimen was collected from the Holston River,Tennessee, USA and inventory in UMMZ 76820。