Atlanticoncha

Atlanticoncha ochracea, the tidewater mucket, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Formerly classified in the now-defunct genus Leptodea, it is now considered the only member of the monotypic genus Atlanticoncha.^[4][5]

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Bivalvia

Order:Unionida

Family:Unionidae

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Atlanticoncha
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Vulnerable (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Tribe:	Lampsilini
Genus:	Atlanticoncha Smith, Pfeiffer & Johnson, 2020
Species:	A. ochracea
Binomial name
Atlanticoncha ochracea (Say, 1817)
Synonyms[3]
List Anodonta fluviatilis (Gmelin, 1791) Lampsilis (Lampsilis) ochracea (Say, 1817) Lampsilis (Lampsilis) ochraceus (Say, 1817) Lampsilis ochracea (Say, 1817) Lampsilis rosea Rafinesque, 1820 Leptodea ochracea (Say, 1817) Ligumia ochracea (Say, 1817) Margarita (Anodonta) fluviatilis (Gmelin, 1791) Margarita (Unio) ochraceus (Say, 1817) Margaron (Anodonta) fluviatilis (Gmelin, 1791) Margaron (Unio) boydianus (Lea, 1840) Margaron (Unio) crocatus (Lea, 1841) Margaron (Unio) ochraceus (Say, 1817) Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791 Unio boydianus Lea, 1840 Unio crocatus Lea, 1841 Unio ochraceus Say, 1817 Unio rosaceus Conrad, 1849

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This species is native to the east coast of the United States and Canada (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia).^[1]