Atlanticoncha ochracea explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: MUSSELpdb valid sp. Atlanticoncha ochracea specimens . 2023-09-15 . mussel-project.uwsp.edu.
2. Web site: Molluscabase - Atlanticoncha C. H. Smith, J. M. Pfeiffer & N. A. Johnson, 2020 . 2023-09-15 . www.molluscabase.org . en.