# Lampsilis

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Genus of bivalves

Lampsilis Lampsilis radiata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Family: Unionidae Tribe: Lampsilini Genus: Lampsilis Rafinesque, 1820

***Lampsilis*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [freshwater mussels](/source/Freshwater_mussel), [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the family [Unionidae](/source/Unionidae), the river mussels. There are over 100 species in the genus.

## Aggressive mimicry

Aggressive mimicry in *[L. fasciola](/source/Lampsilis_fasciola)*

Some species, notably *[Lampsilis ovata](/source/Lampsilis_ovata)* (pocketbook mussel) use [aggressive mimicry](/source/Aggressive_mimicry) to lure large predatory fish by using their [mantle](/source/Mantle_(mollusc)) 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.[1][2]

## Species

- *[Lampsilis abrupta](/source/Lampsilis_abrupta)* (pink mucket)

- †*[Lampsilis binominata](/source/Lampsilis_binominata)* (lined pocketbook)

- *[Lampsilis bracteata](/source/Lampsilis_bracteata)*

- *[Lampsilis cardium](/source/Lampsilis_cardium)*

- *[Lampsilis cariosa](/source/Lampsilis_cariosa)* (yellow lampmussel)

- *[Lampsilis dolabraeformis](/source/Lampsilis_dolabraeformis)*

- *[Lampsilis fasciola](/source/Lampsilis_fasciola)* (wavy-rayed lampmussel)

- *[Lampsilis floridensis](/source/Lampsilis_floridensis)* (Florida sandshell)

- *[Lampsilis fullerkati](/source/Lampsilis_fullerkati)* (Waccamaw fatmucket, now considered synonymous with *[L. radiata](/source/Lampsilis_radiata)*[3])

- *[Lampsilis higginsii](/source/Lampsilis_higginsii)* (Higgins' eye pearly mussel)

- *[Lampsilis ornata](/source/Lampsilis_ornata)*

- *[Lampsilis ovata](/source/Lampsilis_ovata)* (pocketbook mussel)

- *[Lampsilis powellii](/source/Lampsilis_powellii)* (Arkansas fatmucket)

- *[Lampsilis radiata](/source/Lampsilis_radiata)* (Eastern lampmussel)

- *[Lampsilis rafinesqueana](/source/Lampsilis_rafinesqueana)* (Neosho mucket)

- *[Lampsilis reeveiana](/source/Lampsilis_reeveiana)*

- *[Lampsilis satura](/source/Lampsilis_satura)*

- *[Lampsilis sietmani](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lampsilis_sietmani&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Canary kingshell)

- *[Lampsilis siliquoidea](/source/Lampsilis_siliquoidea)* (fatmucket clam)

- *[Lampsilis splendida](/source/Lampsilis_splendida)*

- *[Lampsilis straminea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lampsilis_straminea&action=edit&redlink=1)* (rough fatmucket)

- *[Lampsilis streckeri](/source/Lampsilis_streckeri)* (speckled pocketbook)

- *[Lampsilis teres](/source/Lampsilis_teres)* (yellow sandshell)

- *[Lampsilis virescens](/source/Lampsilis_virescens)* (Alabama lamp naiad)

## Gallery

		- *[Lampsilis ovata](/source/Lampsilis_ovata)*

		- *[Lampsilis fasciola](/source/Lampsilis_fasciola)*

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Haag, Wendell R.; Warren, Melvin L. Jr. (1999). "Mantle displays of freshwater mussels elicit attacks from fish". *Freshwater Biology*. **42** (1): 35–40. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[1999FrBio..42...35H](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999FrBio..42...35H). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00454.x](https://doi.org/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2427.1999.00454.x). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [50529814](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:50529814).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Zanatta_Murphy_2006_2-0)** Zanatta, David T.; Murphy, Robert W. (2006). "Evolution of active host-attraction strategies in the freshwater mussel tribe Lampsilini (Bivalvia: Unionidae)". *Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution*. **41** (1): 195–208. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2006MolPE..41..195Z](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006MolPE..41..195Z). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.030](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ympev.2006.05.030). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1055-7903](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1055-7903). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [16837217](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16837217).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Molluscabase - Lampsilis fullerkati R. I. Johnson, 1984"](https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857238). *www.molluscabase.org*. Retrieved 2023-08-03.

- [*Lampsilis*](https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id165711/) at [Biolib](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biolib&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [*Lampsilis*](http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/search/all/key/lampsilis/match/1) at the [Catalogue of Life](/source/Catalogue_of_Life)

## External links

- [Mussel Uses Fake Fish As Lure](http://www.educatedearth.net/video.php?id=4210) - Video of lampsilis perovalis luring a fish.

Taxon identifiers Lampsilis Wikidata: Q3016078 BOLD: 4995 CoL: 7P6X2 EoL: 57651 GBIF: 2288131 iNaturalist: 89337 IRMNG: 1409144 ITIS: 79986 NCBI: 52392 Open Tree of Life: 765101 WoRMS: 160341

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