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Truncilla truncata
(deertoe)

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Truncilla truncata (deertoe)

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Summary

  • Last modified
  • 20 November 2019
  • Datasheet Type(s)
  • Threatened Species
  • Preferred Scientific Name
  • Truncilla truncata
  • Preferred Common Name
  • deertoe
  • Taxonomic Tree
  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •   Kingdom: Metazoa
  •     Phylum: Mollusca
  •       Class: Bivalvia
  •         Subclass: Palaeoheterodonta
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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

  • Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820

Preferred Common Name

  • deertoe

Taxonomic Tree

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  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Metazoa
  •         Phylum: Mollusca
  •             Class: Bivalvia
  •                 Subclass: Palaeoheterodonta
  •                     Order: Unionoida
  •                         Unknown: Unionoidea
  •                             Family: Unionidae
  •                                 Genus: Truncilla
  •                                     Species: Truncilla truncata

Invasive Species Threats

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Invasive SpeciesWhere ThreatenedMechanismReferencesNotes
Dreissena rostriformis bugensis (quagga mussel)Canada; USAFoulingSchloesser et al. (1998)
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