# Obovaria

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Genus of bivalves

Obovaria Obovaria retusa Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Family: Unionidae Tribe: Lampsilini Genus: Obovaria Rafinesque, 1819 Species 6+ recognized species, see article

***Obovaria*** 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 at least six described species in *Obovaria* at present, all of which are found in the [United States](/source/United_States). *Obovaria subrotunda* is found in Canada as well.

## Species

- *[Obovaria arkansasensis](/source/Obovaria_arkansasensis)* (I. Lea, 1862)

- *[Obovaria haddletoni](/source/Obovaria_haddletoni)* (Athearn, 1964) (Haddleton lampmussel), ([Critically Endangered](/source/Critically_Endangered))[1]

- *[Obovaria jacksoniana](/source/Obovaria_jacksoniana)* (Frierson, 1912) (Southern hickorynut)

- *[Obovaria olivaria](/source/Obovaria_olivaria)* ([Rafinesque](/source/Rafinesque), 1820) (Hickorynut)

Obovaria retusa

- *[Obovaria retusa](/source/Obovaria_retusa)* ([Lamarck](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck), 1819) (Golf stick pearly mussel or ring pink mussel), ([Critically Endangered](/source/Critically_Endangered))[2]

- *[Obovaria subrotunda](/source/Obovaria_subrotunda)* (Rafinesque, 1820) (Round hickorynut)

- *[Obovaria unicolor](/source/Obovaria_unicolor)* (Lea, 1845) (Alabama hickorynut)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-globalspecies_1-0)** ["Global Species : Obovaria haddletoni (Haddleton Lampmussel)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160820041448/http://globalspecies.org/ntaxa/2680266). globalspecies.org. Archived from [the original](http://globalspecies.org/ntaxa/2680266) on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-globalspecies2_2-0)** ["Global Species : Obovaria retusa (ring pink mussel; golf stick pearly mussel; ring pink)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160820060043/http://globalspecies.org/ntaxa/1049296). globalspecies.org. Archived from [the original](http://globalspecies.org/ntaxa/1049296) on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-01.

Taxon identifiers Obovaria Wikidata: Q3013919 BOLD: 5107 CoL: 7PB3K EoL: 57634 GBIF: 2288363 iNaturalist: 90388 IRMNG: 1295829 ITIS: 80172 NCBI: 131230 Open Tree of Life: 948070 WoRMS: 856839

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