Atlanticoncha

{{Short description|Species of bivalve}} {{Speciesbox | image = Leptodea ochracea - Springfield Science Museum - Springfield, MA - DSC03459.JPG | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Cummings, K. |author2=Cordeiro, J. |date=2012 |title=''Leptodea ochracea'' |volume=2012 |article-number=e.T11686A503405 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11686A503405.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> | status2 = G3 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NS>{{cite NatureServe |id=2.114703 |title=''Atlanticoncha ochracea'' |access-date=24 December 2025}}</ref> | parent_authority = Smith, Pfeiffer & Johnson, 2020 | display_parents = 2 | genus = Atlanticoncha | species = ochracea | authority = ([[Thomas Say|Say]], 1817) | synonyms = {{species list |hidden=yes |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}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |id=1449828 |title=''Atlanticoncha ochracea'' (Say, 1817) |db=mollusca |access-date=20 January 2025}}</ref> }} '''''Atlanticoncha ochracea''''', the '''tidewater mucket''', is a [[species]] of [[freshwater mussel]], an [[aquatic animal|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'''''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MUSSELpdb {{!}} valid sp. Atlanticoncha ochracea specimens |url=https://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/fmuotwaolcb/validsp_104.html |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=mussel-project.uwsp.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite WoRMS |id=1449825 |title=''Atlanticoncha'' C. H. Smith, J. M. Pfeiffer & N. A. Johnson, 2020 |db=mollusca |access-date=20 January 2025}}</ref>

This species is native to the east coast of the United States and Canada ([[New Brunswick]] and [[Nova Scotia]]).<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" />

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Unionidae|ochracea]] [[Category:Bivalves of North America]] [[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]] [[Category:Monotypic bivalve genera]] [[Category:Taxa described in 2020]]