# Atlanticoncha

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Species of bivalve

Atlanticoncha Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1] Vulnerable (NatureServe)[2] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Family: Unionidae Tribe: Lampsilini Genus: Atlanticoncha Smith, Pfeiffer & Johnson, 2020 Species: A. ochracea Binomial name Atlanticoncha ochracea (Say, 1817) Synonyms[3] List 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

***Atlanticoncha ochracea***, the **tidewater mucket**, is a [species](/source/Species) of [freshwater mussel](/source/Freshwater_mussel), an [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) [mollusc](/source/Mollusc) in the family [Unionidae](/source/Unionidae), the river mussels. Formerly classified in the now-defunct genus *[Leptodea](/source/Leptodea)*, it is now considered the only member of the monotypic genus ***Atlanticoncha***.[4][5]

This species is native to the east coast of the United States and Canada ([New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick) and [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia)).[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_16_November_2021_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_16_November_2021_1-1) Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). ["*Leptodea ochracea*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11686/503405). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2012** e.T11686A503405. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11686A503405.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11686A503405.en). Retrieved 16 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NS_2-0)** [NatureServe](/source/NatureServe). ["*Atlanticoncha ochracea*"](https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.114703/). *NatureServe Explorer*. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 24 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WoRMS_3-0)** Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). ["*Atlanticoncha ochracea* (Say, 1817)"](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1449828). *MolluscaBase*. [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species). Retrieved 20 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Atlanticoncha ochracea specimens"](https://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/fmuotwaolcb/validsp_104.html). *mussel-project.uwsp.edu*. Retrieved 2023-09-15.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). ["*Atlanticoncha* C. H. Smith, J. M. Pfeiffer & N. A. Johnson, 2020"](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1449825). *MolluscaBase*. [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species). Retrieved 20 January 2025.

Taxon identifiers Atlanticoncha Wikidata: Q107278663 CoL: 7NZ6H GBIF: 10941835 IRMNG: 11930034 NCBI: 2856071 WoRMS: 1449825 Atlanticoncha ochracea Wikidata: Q107336381 CoL: 7Q8RK GBIF: 11005809 NCBI: 448072 WoRMS: 1449828 Leptodea ochracea Wikidata: Q309255 BOLD: 642079 CoL: 7RVPK EoL: 449461 GBIF: 2288348 iNaturalist: 104322 IRMNG: 10944400 ITIS: 80186 IUCN: 11686 NatureServe: 2.114703 WoRMS: 571963

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