# Obovaria haddletoni

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Species of bivalve

Obovaria haddletoni Conservation status Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1] Presumed Extinct (NatureServe)[2] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Family: Unionidae Genus: Obovaria Species: O. haddletoni Binomial name Obovaria haddletoni (Athearn, 1964)

***Obovaria haddletoni*** is a [species](/source/Species) of [freshwater mussel](/source/Freshwater_mussel), an [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) [mollusk](/source/Mollusk) in the family [Unionidae](/source/Unionidae), the river mussels. This species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to the [United States](/source/United_States).

This species was formerly in the genus *[Lampsilis](/source/Lampsilis)*, and was moved to *Obovaria* in 2008 based on morphological and zoogeographic analysis.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-iucn_1-0)** Cummings, K. & Cordeiro, J. (2012). ["*Obovaria haddletoni*"](http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11256/0). *[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/The_IUCN_Red_List_of_Threatened_Species)*. **2012**. [IUCN](/source/IUCN): e.T11256A502298. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11256A502298.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11256A502298.en). Retrieved 9 December 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NS_2-0)** [NatureServe](/source/NatureServe). ["*Obovaria haddletoni*"](https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.112886/). *NatureServe Explorer*. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 29 December 2025.

Taxon identifiers Obovaria haddletoni Wikidata: Q28320593 CoL: 48B4D GBIF: 5782462 iNaturalist: 107329 ITIS: 983599 IUCN: 11256 NatureServe: 2.112886 WoRMS: 857465 Lampsilis haddletoni Wikidata: Q3014905 CoL: 3S5Y8 EoL: 449581 GBIF: 2288141 IRMNG: 11292519 ITIS: 80003 WoRMS: 857871

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