James River spinymussel

Species of bivalve

James River spinymussel

Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]

Endangered (ESA)[2][3]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Bivalvia
Order:  | Unionida
Family:  | Unionidae
Genus:  | Parvaspina
Species:  |

P. collina

Binomial name
Parvaspina collina

(Conrad, 1837)

Synonyms[4]

* Elliptio collina (Conrad, 1837)
* Fusconaia collina (Conrad, 1837)
* Canthyria collina (Conrad, 1837)
* Unio collinus Conrad, 1837
* Pleurobema collina (Conrad, 1837)

The James River spinymussel (Parvaspina collina), also known as the Virginia spinymussel,[4] is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is native to North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia in the United States.[5] It is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States.[2] It was formerly placed in the genus Pleurobema but in 2017, Perkins, Johnson & Gangloff placed the species in Parvaspina on account of genetic data and its lateral spines.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Parvaspina collina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17677A7301090. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17677A7301090.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ^ a b "James spinymussel (Parvaspina collina)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
3. ^ 53 FR 27689
4. ^ a b "Pleurobema collina (Conrad, 1837)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
5. ^ NatureServe (7 April 2023). "Parvaspina collina". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
6. ^ Perkins, Michael A.; Johnson, Nathan A.; Gangloff, Michael M. (2017). "Molecular systematics of the critically-endangered North American spinymussels (Unionidae: Elliptio and Pleurobema) and description of Parvaspina gen. nov". Conservation Genetics. 18 (4): 745–757\. doi:10.1007/s10592-017-0924-z. S2CID 254414164.

## Further reading

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* Hove, Mark C.; Neves, Richard J. (1994). "Life history of the endangered James spinymussel Pleurobema collina (Conrad, 1837) (Mollusca: Unionidae)" (PDF). American Malacological Bulletin. 11 (1): 29–40. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Center at Virginia Tech.

Taxon identifiers

Pleurobema collina|

* Wikidata: Q3017256
* BOLD: 79255
* CoL: 6W43N
* ECOS: 2212
* EoL: 449399
* GBIF: 2288077
* iNaturalist: 109775
* IRMNG: 10601106
* ISC: 122636
* ITIS: 80093
* NCBI: 293121
* WoRMS: 857359

Parvaspina collina|

* Wikidata: Q107336461
* BOLD: 901357
* CoL: 75T6Y
* GBIF: 9474980
* iNaturalist: 737946
* IUCN: 17677
* NatureServe: 2.117714
* NCBI: 2233552
* Open Tree of Life: 7493007
* WoRMS: 1033378

Unio collinus|

* Wikidata: Q109546295
* CoL: 7DJHX
* GBIF: 7732869
* ITIS: 986270

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