Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Obovaria subrotunda (Obovaria subrotunda), recorded as Endangered
Obovaria subrotunda (Obovaria subrotunda). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Obovaria subrotunda

Obovaria subrotunda

Obovaria subrotunda is a bivalve in the family Unionidae (order Unionida), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Obovaria subrotunda
Taxonomy
Bivalvia · Unionida · Unionidae · Obovaria

Range and habitat

Obovaria subrotunda, commonly called the round hickorynut, is a freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Freshwater mussels bury in the bed and live for decades if the river still runs and the host fish still spawn.

In crisis

The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being endangered in Canada.

Obovaria subrotunda is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Obovaria subrotunda, Wikidata item Q2892483. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Obovaria subrotunda?
Obovaria subrotunda is a bivalve in the family Unionidae (order Unionida).
What is the conservation status of Obovaria subrotunda?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Obovaria subrotunda. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Obovaria subrotunda live?
Obovaria subrotunda, commonly called the round hickorynut, is a freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Why is Obovaria subrotunda in crisis?
The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being endangered in Canada.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Obovaria subrotunda?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Obovaria subrotunda a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.