{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Lampsilis radiata (I2046) 0740 (44960554921).jpg | image_caption = ''[[Lampsilis radiata]]'' | taxon = Lampsilis | authority = Rafinesque, 1820 | synonyms = }}
'''''Lampsilis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[freshwater mussel]]s, [[Aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusk]]s in the family [[Unionidae]], the river mussels. There are over 100 species in the genus.
== Aggressive mimicry == [[File:Lampsilis fasciola, United States imported from iNaturalist photo 56221328.gif|left|thumb|Aggressive mimicry in ''[[Lampsilis fasciola|L. fasciola]]'']] Some species, notably ''[[Lampsilis ovata]]'' (pocketbook mussel) use [[aggressive mimicry]] to lure large predatory fish by using their [[Mantle (mollusc)|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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Haag |first1=Wendell R. |last2=Warren |first2=Melvin L. Jr. |title=Mantle displays of freshwater mussels elicit attacks from fish |journal=Freshwater Biology |year=1999 |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=35–40 |s2cid=50529814 |doi=10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00454.x|bibcode=1999FrBio..42...35H }}</ref><ref name="Zanatta Murphy 2006">{{cite journal |last1=Zanatta |first1=David T. |last2=Murphy |first2=Robert W. |title=Evolution of active host-attraction strategies in the freshwater mussel tribe Lampsilini (Bivalvia: Unionidae) |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=41 |issue=1 |year=2006 |issn=1055-7903 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.030 |pages=195–208|pmid=16837217 |bibcode=2006MolPE..41..195Z }}</ref>
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==Species== * ''[[Lampsilis abrupta]]'' (pink mucket) * †''[[Lampsilis binominata]]'' (lined pocketbook) * ''[[Lampsilis bracteata]]'' * ''[[Lampsilis cardium]]'' * ''[[Lampsilis cariosa]]'' (yellow lampmussel) * ''[[Lampsilis dolabraeformis]]'' * ''[[Lampsilis fasciola]]'' (wavy-rayed lampmussel) * ''[[Lampsilis floridensis]]'' (Florida sandshell) * ''[[Lampsilis fullerkati]]'' (Waccamaw fatmucket, now considered synonymous with ''[[Lampsilis radiata|L. radiata]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Molluscabase - Lampsilis fullerkati R. I. Johnson, 1984 |url=https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857238 |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=www.molluscabase.org}}</ref>) * ''[[Lampsilis higginsii]]'' (Higgins' eye pearly mussel) * ''[[Lampsilis ornata]]'' * ''[[Lampsilis ovata]]'' (pocketbook mussel) * ''[[Lampsilis powellii]]'' (Arkansas fatmucket) * ''[[Lampsilis radiata]]'' (Eastern lampmussel) * ''[[Lampsilis rafinesqueana]]'' (Neosho mucket) * ''[[Lampsilis reeveiana]]'' * ''[[Lampsilis satura]]'' * ''[[Lampsilis sietmani]]'' (Canary kingshell) * ''[[Lampsilis siliquoidea]]'' (fatmucket clam) * ''[[Lampsilis splendida]]'' * ''[[Lampsilis straminea]]'' (rough fatmucket) * ''[[Lampsilis streckeri]]'' (speckled pocketbook) * ''[[Lampsilis teres]]'' (yellow sandshell) * ''[[Lampsilis virescens]]'' (Alabama lamp naiad)
==Gallery== <gallery widths="180" heights="180"> Image:Lampsilis ovata.jpg|''[[Lampsilis ovata]]'' Image:Lampsilis fasciola.jpg|''[[Lampsilis fasciola]]'' </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}} *[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id165711/ ''Lampsilis''] at [[Biolib]] *[http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/search/all/key/lampsilis/match/1 ''Lampsilis''] at the [[Catalogue of Life]]
==External links== * [http://www.educatedearth.net/video.php?id=4210 Mussel Uses Fake Fish As Lure] - Video of lampsilis perovalis luring a fish.
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[[Category:Lampsilis| ]] [[Category:Bivalve genera]] [[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
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