Lampsilis

Lampsilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Lampsilis; Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. There are over 100 species in the genus.

Some species, notably Lampsilis ovata (pocketbook mussel) use aggressive mimicry to lure large predatory fish by using their mantle as a lure, ejecting larvae into the mouth of the fish when they strike. The larvae attach to the gills, using the fish's blood as food for several weeks.^[1]^[2]

Species[]

Lampsilis abrupta (pink mucket)
Lampsilis binominata (lined pocketbook)
Lampsilis bracteata
Lampsilis cardium
Lampsilis cariosa (yellow lampmussel)
Lampsilis dolabraeformis
Lampsilis fasciola (wavy-rayed lampmussel)
(Florida sandshell)
Lampsilis fullerkati (Waccamaw fatmucket)
Lampsilis higginsii (Higgins' eye pearly mussel)
Lampsilis ornata
Lampsilis ovata (pocketbook mussel)
Lampsilis powellii (Arkansas fatmucket)
(Eastern lampmussel)
Lampsilis rafinesqueana (Neosho mucket)
Lampsilis satura
Lampsilis siliquoidea (fatmucket clam)
Lampsilis splendida
(rough fatmucket)
Lampsilis streckeri (speckled pocketbook)
Lampsilis teres (yellow sandshell)
Lampsilis virescens (Alabama lamp naiad)

Gallery[]

Lampsilis ovata
Lampsilis fasciola

References[]

^ Haag, Wendell R.; Warren, Melvin L., Jr. (1999). "Mantle displays of freshwater mussels elicit attacks from fish". Freshwater Biology. 42: 35–40. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00454.x. S2CID 50529814.
^ Zanatta, David T.; Murphy, Robert W. (2006). "Evolution of active host-attraction strategies in the freshwater mussel tribe Lampsilini (Bivalvia: Unionidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41 (1): 195–208. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.030. ISSN 1055-7903.

Lampsilis at
Lampsilis at the Catalogue of Life

External links[]

Mussel Uses Fake Fish As Lure - Video of lampsilis perovalis luring a fish.

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[1] Haag, Wendell R.; Warren, Melvin L., Jr. (1999). "Mantle displays of freshwater mussels elicit attacks from fish". Freshwater Biology. 42: 35–40. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00454.x. S2CID 50529814.

[Zanatta_Murphy_2006-2] Zanatta, David T.; Murphy, Robert W. (2006). "Evolution of active host-attraction strategies in the freshwater mussel tribe Lampsilini (Bivalvia: Unionidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41 (1): 195–208. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.030. ISSN 1055-7903.

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