# Venustaconcha

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Genus of bivalves

Venustaconcha Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Family: Unionidae Tribe: Lampsilini Genus: Venustaconcha Frierson, 1927

***Venustaconcha*** 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).

## Species

Species within the genus *Venustaconcha* include:

- *[Venustaconcha constricta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Venustaconcha_constricta&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Conrad, 1838)

- *[Venustaconcha ellipsiformis](/source/Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis)* (Conrad, 1836)

- *[Venustaconcha pleasii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Venustaconcha_pleasii&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Marsh, 1891)

- *[Venustaconcha trabalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Venustaconcha_trabalis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Conrad, 1834)

- *[Venustaconcha troostensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Venustaconcha_troostensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (I. Lea, 1834)

## References

Haag, W. R. (2012). *North American Freshwater Mussels: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation*. Cambridge University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0521199384](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0521199384)

Taxon identifiers Venustaconcha Wikidata: Q3806492 BOLD: 81841 CoL: 7PKQ5 EoL: 52815 GBIF: 2288269 iNaturalist: 150021 IRMNG: 1199553 ITIS: 80294 NCBI: 301927 WoRMS: 856855

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