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全名 Quadrula sparsa Lea, 1841
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英文俗名 Appalachian Monkeyface, Appalachian Monkey Face,Appalachian Monkey-face Pearly Mussel.
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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.
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地理分布 Holston and Clinch River, Tennessee, USA.
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模式產地 Holston River, Tennessee, USA.
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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.
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同種異名 Unio sparsus Lea, 1841Margaron (Unio) sparsus Lea, 1852Quadrula tuberosa var. sparsa Simpson, 1900
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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。
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